linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/31] wifi: mwifiex: remove unnecessary checks for valid priv

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Message-ID: <Zsd8SPnKKJrdJj9W@google.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:58:32 -0700
From: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/31] wifi: mwifiex: remove unnecessary checks for valid
 priv

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 01:55:26PM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The pointers in adapter->priv[] are allocated in mwifiex_register().
> With an allocation failed the function will return an error and
> driver initialization is aborted. This makes all checks for valid
> priv pointers unnecessary throughout the driver. In many places
> the pointers are assumed to be valid without checks, this patch
> removes the remaining checks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>

You already submitted this one separately, and it has now been merged.