netdev - [PATCH] mwifiex: drop redundant null-pointer check in mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to

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Date:   Tue,  3 Aug 2021 19:03:05 -0700
From:   Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
To:     amitkarwar@...il.com, ganapathi017@...il.com,
        sharvari.harisangam@....com, huxinming820@...il.com,
        kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@...il.com,
        Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>, TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: drop redundant null-pointer check in mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to_fw()

There is no case in which the variable cmd_node->cmd_skb has no ->data,
and thus the variable host_cmd is guaranteed to be not NULL. Therefore,
the null-pointer check is redundant and can be dropped.

Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
index 3a11342a6bde..171a25742600 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to_fw(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	host_cmd = (struct host_cmd_ds_command *) (cmd_node->cmd_skb->data);
 
 	/* Sanity test */
-	if (host_cmd == NULL || host_cmd->size == 0) {
+	if (host_cmd->size == 0) {
 		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
 			    "DNLD_CMD: host_cmd is null\t"
 			    "or cmd size is 0, not sending\n");
-- 
2.25.1