linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 12/32] staging: wfx: simplify API coherency check

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Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:01:43 +0200
From:   Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jérôme Pouiller 
        <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 12/32] staging: wfx: simplify API coherency check

From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>

The 'channel' argument of hif_join() should never be NULL. hif_join()
does not have the responsibility to recover bug of caller.

In current code, if the argument channel is NULL, memory leaks. The new
code just emit a warning and does not give the illusion that it is
supported (and indeed a Oops will probably raise a few lines below).

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c
index 14b7e047916e..fcce78bb3005 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/hif_tx.c
@@ -301,8 +301,6 @@ int hif_join(struct wfx_vif *wvif, const struct ieee80211_bss_conf *conf,
 	WARN_ON(!conf->basic_rates);
 	WARN_ON(sizeof(body->ssid) < ssidlen);
 	WARN(!conf->ibss_joined && !ssidlen, "joining an unknown BSS");
-	if (WARN_ON(!channel))
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!hif)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	body->infrastructure_bss_mode = !conf->ibss_joined;
-- 
2.33.0