netdev - [PATCH 1/3] staging: r8188eu: Calling rtw_get_stainfo() with a NULL sta

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Date:	Wed,  9 Apr 2014 11:12:58 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] staging: r8188eu: Calling rtw_get_stainfo() with a NULL sta_addr will return NULL

This makes the follow-on check for psta != NULL pointless and makes
the whole exercise rather pointless. This is another case of why
blindly zero-initializing variables when they are declared is bad.

Reported-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index 636ec55..01fcabc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *decryptor(struct adapter *padapter,
 static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 				   struct recv_frame *precv_frame)
 {
-	u8   *psta_addr = NULL, *ptr;
+	u8   *psta_addr, *ptr;
 	uint  auth_alg;
 	struct recv_frame *pfhdr;
 	struct sta_info *psta;
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 
 
 	pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
-	psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr);
 
 	auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm;
 
@@ -566,6 +565,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 	pfhdr = precv_frame;
 	pattrib = &pfhdr->attrib;
 	psta_addr = pattrib->ta;
+	psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr);
 
 	prtnframe = NULL;
 
-- 
1.8.1.4

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