netdev - [PATCH 16/19] mac80211: avoid a build warning

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:14:33 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...t.infradead.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 16/19] mac80211: avoid a build warning

gcc cannot prove that the value of sdata->vif.type does not
change between the switch() statement and the second
comparison to NL80211_IFTYPE_AP, causing a harmless
warning.
Slightly reordering the code makes the warning go away
with no functional change.

Without this patch, building ARM at91sam9g45_defconfig with
gcc-4.6 results in:

net/mac80211/tx.c: In function 'ieee80211_subif_start_xmit':
net/mac80211/tx.c:1797:22: warning: 'chanctx_conf' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
---
 net/mac80211/tx.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index e9eadc4..df589bf 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1784,16 +1784,16 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			break;
 		/* fall through */
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
+		if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+			chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
+		if (!chanctx_conf)
+			goto fail_rcu;
 		fc |= cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FCTL_FROMDS);
 		/* DA BSSID SA */
 		memcpy(hdr.addr1, skb->data, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(hdr.addr2, sdata->vif.addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		memcpy(hdr.addr3, skb->data + ETH_ALEN, ETH_ALEN);
 		hdrlen = 24;
-		if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
-			chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
-		if (!chanctx_conf)
-			goto fail_rcu;
 		band = chanctx_conf->def.chan->band;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS:
-- 
1.8.0

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