From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The NULL check on ram->u.wpa_ie.data is redudant as data is zero-length array and is not a pointer, so it can't be null. Remove the check. Addresses-Coverity: ("Array compared against 0") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c index 944c8894f9ff..c4a4f118f547 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c @@ -2659,8 +2659,7 @@ static int ieee80211_wpa_set_wpa_ie(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, { u8 *buf; - if (param->u.wpa_ie.len > MAX_WPA_IE_LEN || - (param->u.wpa_ie.len && param->u.wpa_ie.data == NULL)) + if (param->u.wpa_ie.len > MAX_WPA_IE_LEN || param->u.wpa_ie.len) return -EINVAL; if (param->u.wpa_ie.len) { -- 2.20.1