From: Leo Kim <leo.kim@xxxxxxxxx> This patch removes the potential faults which may happen when unexpectedly getting access to invalid pointer. The pointer of pstrWFIDrv is unlikely to be invalid. However, it is safer to return error when the invalid memory is unfortunately accessed. Signed-off-by: Leo Kim <leo.kim@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Cho <tony.cho@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c index 6fdf392..151e8c4 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c @@ -2403,8 +2403,10 @@ static s32 Handle_RcvdGnrlAsyncInfo(tstrWILC_WFIDrv *drvHandler, tstrRcvdGnrlAsy s32 s32Err = 0; tstrWILC_WFIDrv *pstrWFIDrv = (tstrWILC_WFIDrv *) drvHandler; - if (pstrWFIDrv == NULL) + if (unlikely(!pstrWFIDrv)) { PRINT_ER("Driver handler is NULL\n"); + return -EFAULT; + } PRINT_D(GENERIC_DBG, "Current State = %d,Received state = %d\n", pstrWFIDrv->enuHostIFstate, pstrRcvdGnrlAsyncInfo->pu8Buffer[7]); -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel