linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 40/97] rtlwifi: Remove unnecessary NULL check in rtl_regd

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Message-Id: <20200122092803.030380998@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:28:44 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 40/97] rtlwifi: Remove unnecessary NULL check in rtl_regd_init

From: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

commit 091c6e9c083f7ebaff00b37ad13562d51464d175 upstream.

When building with Clang + -Wtautological-pointer-compare:

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/regd.c:389:33: warning: comparison
of address of 'rtlpriv->regd' equal to a null pointer is always false
[-Wtautological-pointer-compare]
        if (wiphy == NULL || &rtlpriv->regd == NULL)
                              ~~~~~~~~~^~~~    ~~~~
1 warning generated.

The address of an array member is never NULL unless it is the first
struct member so remove the unnecessary check. This was addressed in
the staging version of the driver in commit f986978b32b3 ("Staging:
rtlwifi: remove unnecessary NULL check").

While we are here, fix the following checkpatch warning:

CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "!wiphy"
35: FILE: drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/regd.c:389:
+       if (wiphy == NULL)

Fixes: 0c8173385e54 ("rtl8192ce: Add new driver")
Link:https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/750
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/regd.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/regd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/regd.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int rtl_regd_init(struct ieee80211_hw *h
 	struct wiphy *wiphy = hw->wiphy;
 	struct country_code_to_enum_rd *country = NULL;
 
-	if (wiphy == NULL || &rtlpriv->regd == NULL)
+	if (!wiphy)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* init country_code from efuse channel plan */