linux-kernel - [PATCH] Staging: rtlwifi: Remove NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:48:58 +0530
From:   Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Staging: rtlwifi: Remove NULL pointer dereference

Remove NULL pointer dereference as it results in undefined
behaviour, and will usually lead to a runtime error.

Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
index b88b0e8..5bb8f98 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static void _rtl_txrate_selectmode(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 	struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
 	struct rtl_mac *mac = rtl_mac(rtl_priv(hw));
-	struct rtl_sta_info *sta_entry = NULL;
+	struct rtl_sta_info *sta_entry;
 	u8 ratr_index = SET_RATE_ID(RATR_INX_WIRELESS_MC);
 
 	if (sta) {
-- 
2.7.4