On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 04:05:32PM +0800, Haowen Bai wrote: > The padapter->recvpriv.signal_qual_data is dereferencing before null > checking, so move it after checking. > > Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c > index 7f1fdd058551..8ed94b259dbe 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c > @@ -863,10 +863,12 @@ static void process_link_qual(struct _adapter *padapter, > { > u32 last_evm = 0, tmpVal; > struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib; > - struct smooth_rssi_data *sqd = &padapter->recvpriv.signal_qual_data; > + struct smooth_rssi_data *sqd; This is not a dereference. > > if (!prframe || !padapter) > return; Not a bug. Also I agree with your other email that "padapter" cannot be NULL so the NULL check can be safely deleted. regards, dan carpenter