On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We were dereferencing cmd first and checking for NULL later. Lets first > check for NULL. However the patch is valid due to reducing error prone part, the commit message seems wrong. There is no dereferencing, it is a simple pointer arithmetic. > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c > index 8317afd..e38ad1d 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c > @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv, > size_t len, resp_ie_len; > int status; > int ret; > - u8 *pos = &(cmd->iebuf[0]); > + u8 *pos; > u8 *tmp; > > lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_CFG80211); > @@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv, > ret = -ENOMEM; > goto done; > } > + pos = &cmd->iebuf[0]; > > /* > * cmd 50 00 > -- > 1.9.1 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html