linux-kernel - [PATCH] rsi: Remove unnecessary boolean condition

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Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:48:29 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] rsi: Remove unnecessary boolean condition

Clang warns that the address of a pointer will always evaluated as true
in a boolean context.

drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c:927:50: warning: address of
array 'key->key' will always evaluate to 'true'
[-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
        if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && key->key &&
                                                ~~ ~~~~~^~~
1 warning generated.

Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/136
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
index 4e510cbe0a89..e56fc83faf0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int rsi_hal_key_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
-	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && key->key &&
+	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
 	    (key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP104 ||
 	     key->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40)) {
 		if (!rsi_send_block_unblock_frame(adapter->priv, false))
-- 
2.19.0