linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wl3501_cs: Remove unnecessary NULL check

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:25:46 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
Cc:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
        Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wl3501_cs: Remove unnecessary NULL check

Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com> wrote:

> In wl3501_detach(), link->priv is checked for a NULL value before being
> passed to free_netdev(). However, it cannot be NULL at this point as it
> has already been passed to other functions, so just remove the check.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: CID 710499: Null pointer dereferences (REVERSE_INULL)
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

1d2a85382282 wl3501_cs: Remove unnecessary NULL check

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11801615/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches