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[PATCH 06/13] brcmfmac: remove null-pointer check in .sched_scan_start() callback

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In brcmf_cfg80211_sched_scan_start() the request parameter was checked
for being non-null. However, it never is so remove the check which gets
rid of following smatch warning:

drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c:2904
brcmf_cfg80211_sched_scan_start()
warn: variable dereferenced before check 'request' (see line 2897)

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Piotr Haber <phaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 .../net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c  |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
index 73f5528..d6f8c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.c
@@ -3054,16 +3054,16 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_sched_scan_start(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	brcmf_dbg(SCAN, "Enter n_match_sets:%d   n_ssids:%d\n",
+	brcmf_dbg(SCAN, "Enter n_match_sets:%d n_ssids:%d\n",
 		  request->n_match_sets, request->n_ssids);
 	if (test_bit(BRCMF_SCAN_STATUS_BUSY, &cfg->scan_status)) {
 		brcmf_err("Scanning already: status (%lu)\n", cfg->scan_status);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	if (!request || !request->n_ssids || !request->n_match_sets) {
+	if (!request->n_ssids || !request->n_match_sets) {
 		brcmf_err("Invalid sched scan req!! n_ssids:%d\n",
-			  request ? request->n_ssids : 0);
+			  request->n_ssids);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.6


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