This assignment isn't needed because we did it earlier already. Also another reason to delete the assignment is because it triggers a Smatch warning about checking for NULL pointers after a dereference. Reported-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- Thanks Vlad. I came so close to seeing that myself if only I had openned my eyes a tiny bit more. :P diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c index 17cb400..33aed1c 100644 --- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c +++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c @@ -419,10 +419,17 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_init_ack(const struct sctp_association *asoc, if (!retval) goto nomem_chunk; - /* Per the advice in RFC 2960 6.4, send this reply to - * the source of the INIT packet. + /* RFC 2960 6.4 Multi-homed SCTP Endpoints + * + * An endpoint SHOULD transmit reply chunks (e.g., SACK, + * HEARTBEAT ACK, * etc.) to the same destination transport + * address from which it received the DATA or control chunk + * to which it is replying. + * + * [INIT ACK back to where the INIT came from.] */ retval->transport = chunk->transport; + retval->subh.init_hdr = sctp_addto_chunk(retval, sizeof(initack), &initack); retval->param_hdr.v = sctp_addto_chunk(retval, addrs_len, addrs.v); @@ -461,18 +468,6 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_init_ack(const struct sctp_association *asoc, /* We need to remove the const qualifier at this point. */ retval->asoc = (struct sctp_association *) asoc; - /* RFC 2960 6.4 Multi-homed SCTP Endpoints - * - * An endpoint SHOULD transmit reply chunks (e.g., SACK, - * HEARTBEAT ACK, * etc.) to the same destination transport - * address from which it received the DATA or control chunk - * to which it is replying. - * - * [INIT ACK back to where the INIT came from.] - */ - if (chunk) - retval->transport = chunk->transport; - nomem_chunk: kfree(cookie); nomem_cookie: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html