During bus off, the error count is greater than 255 and can not fit in a u8. alloc_can_err_skb() already sets cf to NULL if the allocation fails [1], so the redundant cf = NULL assignment gets removed. [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c#L187 Fixes: 0a9cdcf098a4 ("can: slcan: extend the protocol with CAN state info") CC: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c b/drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c index 54d29a410ad5..d4137cd9cd97 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c @@ -306,19 +306,17 @@ static void slc_bump_state(struct slcan *sl) return; skb = alloc_can_err_skb(dev, &cf); - if (skb) { - cf->data[6] = txerr; - cf->data[7] = rxerr; - } else { - cf = NULL; - } tx_state = txerr >= rxerr ? state : 0; rx_state = txerr <= rxerr ? state : 0; can_change_state(dev, cf, tx_state, rx_state); - if (state == CAN_STATE_BUS_OFF) + if (state == CAN_STATE_BUS_OFF) { can_bus_off(dev); + } else if (skb) { + cf->data[6] = txerr; + cf->data[7] = rxerr; + } if (skb) netif_rx(skb); -- 2.35.1