We fixed this to use free_netdev() instead of kfree() but unfortunately free_netdev() doesn't accept NULL pointers. Smatch complains about this, it's not something I discovered through testing. Fixes: 3030d40b5036 ('staging: vt6655: use free_netdev instead of kfree') Fixes: 0a438d5b381e ('staging: vt6656: use free_netdev instead of kfree') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c index aab0012..ab8b2ba 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(PSDevice pDevice, int rtnl_locked) DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n", pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name); } - free_netdev(pDevice->apdev); + if (pDevice->apdev) + free_netdev(pDevice->apdev); pDevice->apdev = NULL; pDevice->bEnable8021x = false; pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = false; diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c index ae1676d..67ba48b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c @@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(struct vnt_private *pDevice, int rtnl_locked) DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n", pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name); } - free_netdev(pDevice->apdev); + if (pDevice->apdev) + free_netdev(pDevice->apdev); pDevice->apdev = NULL; pDevice->bEnable8021x = false; pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = false; -- 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