Re: brcmfmac: testing the wrong variable in brcmf_rx_hdrpull()

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> Smatch complains about this code:
> 
>     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c:335 brcmf_rx_hdrpull()
>     error: we previously assumed '*ifp' could be null (see line 333)
> 
> The problem is that we recently changed these from "ifp" to "*ifp" but
> there was one that we didn't update.
> 
> -       if (ret || !ifp || !ifp->ndev) {
> +       if (ret || !(*ifp) || !(*ifp)->ndev) {
>                 if (ret != -ENODATA && ifp)
>                                        ^^^
> -                       ifp->stats.rx_errors++;
> +                       (*ifp)->stats.rx_errors++;
> 
> I have updated it to *ifp as well.  We always call this function is a
> non-NULL "ifp" pointer, btw.
> 
> Fixes: c462ebcdfe42 ('brcmfmac: create common function for handling brcmf_proto_hdrpull()')
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git.

Kalle Valo
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