linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8188eu: Skip unnecessary field checks

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Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:04:14 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Aymen Qader <qader.aymen@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8188eu: Skip unnecessary field checks

On 9/27/18 4:19 PM, Aymen Qader wrote:
> Skip unnecessary request field checks when the information element
> pointer is null.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aymen Qader <qader.aymen@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: combine pointer check and length check & change commit message to be
> more appropriate
> 
>   drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> index 834053a0ae9d..4d55bbdf8fb7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> @@ -2971,11 +2971,11 @@ static unsigned int OnAssocReq(struct adapter *padapter,
>   	/*  checking SSID */
>   	p = rtw_get_ie(pframe + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + ie_offset, _SSID_IE_, &ie_len,
>   		pkt_len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - ie_offset);
> -	if (!p)
> -		status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
>   
> -	if (ie_len == 0) { /*  broadcast ssid, however it is not allowed in assocreq */
> +	if (!p || ie_len == 0) {
> +		/*  broadcast ssid, however it is not allowed in assocreq */
>   		status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
> +		goto OnAssocReqFail;
>   	} else {
>   		/*  check if ssid match */
>   		if (memcmp((void *)(p+2), cur->Ssid.Ssid, cur->Ssid.SsidLength))
> 

ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>