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authorEmil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com>2012-09-18 18:04:07 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-09-19 09:28:14 +0100
commit5d5d7c3b938d0c365e65180f2b9d6ffad4973cee (patch)
tree4aff2e3142e00fbab9ba1fc097b40da604d8d3bf /drivers/staging/wlan-ng
parentstaging: ozwpan: compare pointer to NULL rather than 0 (diff)
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staging: wlan-ng: Fix dereference before NULL check
Smatch is warning about a dereference before we check for NULL. This patch moves the dereference to after the NULL check. Smatch warning: drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c:345 prism2_scan() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'request' (see line 332) Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/wlan-ng')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
index 0970127344e6..57a2b058e3de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ int prism2_get_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
int prism2_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_scan_request *request)
{
- struct net_device *dev = request->wdev->netdev;
+ struct net_device *dev;
struct prism2_wiphy_private *priv = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
- wlandevice_t *wlandev = dev->ml_priv;
+ wlandevice_t *wlandev;
struct p80211msg_dot11req_scan msg1;
struct p80211msg_dot11req_scan_results msg2;
struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ int prism2_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_scan_request *request)
if (!request)
return -EINVAL;
+ dev = request->wdev->netdev;
+ wlandev = dev->ml_priv;
+
if (priv->scan_request && priv->scan_request != request)
return -EBUSY;