netdev - [PATCH] mwifiex: remove function pointer check

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Date:   Sun,  6 Sep 2020 13:05:48 -0700
From:   trix@...hat.com
To:     amitkarwar@...il.com, ganapathi.bhat@....com,
        huxinming820@...il.com, kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, natechancellor@...il.com, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        bzhao@...vell.com, dkiran@...vell.com, frankh@...vell.com,
        linville@...driver.com
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: remove function pointer check

From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>

clang static analyzer reports this problem

init.c:739:8: warning: Called function pointer
  is null (null dereference)
        ret = adapter->if_ops.check_fw_status( ...
              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In mwifiex_dnld_fw, there is an earlier check for check_fw_status(),
The check was introduced for usb support at the same time this
check in _mwifiex_fw_dpc() was made

	if (adapter->if_ops.dnld_fw) {
		ret = adapter->if_ops.dnld_fw(adapter, &fw);
	} else {
		ret = mwifiex_dnld_fw(adapter, &fw);
	}

And a dnld_fw function initialized as part the usb's
mwifiex_if_ops.

The other instances of mwifiex_if_ops for pci and sdio
both set check_fw_status.

So the first check is not needed and can be removed.

Fixes: 4daffe354366 ("mwifiex: add support for Marvell USB8797 chipset")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
index 82d69bc3aaaf..f006a3d72b40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
@@ -695,14 +695,12 @@ int mwifiex_dnld_fw(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 	int ret;
 	u32 poll_num = 1;
 
-	if (adapter->if_ops.check_fw_status) {
-		/* check if firmware is already running */
-		ret = adapter->if_ops.check_fw_status(adapter, poll_num);
-		if (!ret) {
-			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, MSG,
-				    "WLAN FW already running! Skip FW dnld\n");
-			return 0;
-		}
+	/* check if firmware is already running */
+	ret = adapter->if_ops.check_fw_status(adapter, poll_num);
+	if (!ret) {
+		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, MSG,
+			    "WLAN FW already running! Skip FW dnld\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* check if we are the winner for downloading FW */
-- 
2.18.1