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

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Date:   Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:45:54 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
Cc:     amit karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@...il.com>,
        Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@....com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        baijiaju1990@...il.com, TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: drop redundant null-pointer check in mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to_fw()

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 7:03 PM Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 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>

Tested-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>