Smatch complains about iwlagn_request_scan(). drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c +1354 iwlagn_request_scan(204) error: we previously assumed 'vif' could be null. 1351 if (!priv->is_internal_short_scan) { 1352 cmd_len = iwl_fill_probe_req(priv, 1353 (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)scan->data, 1354 vif->addr, ^^^^^^^^^ 1355 priv->scan_request->ie, 1356 priv->scan_request->ie_len, 1357 IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(*scan)); 1358 } else { 1359 /* use bcast addr, will not be transmitted but must be valid */ This was added in 3a0b9aad0a8166e9f "iwlwifi: use virtual interface address for scan". Prior to that commit the function assumed that vif could be NULL throughout. I don't know the code well enough to know what to do about this. Also the same thing for: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c +2963 iwl3945_request_scan(158) error: we previously assumed 'vif' could be null. 2962 if (!priv->is_internal_short_scan) { 2963 scan->tx_cmd.len = cpu_to_le16( 2964 iwl_fill_probe_req(priv, 2965 (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)scan->data, 2966 vif->addr, ^^^^^^^^^ 2967 priv->scan_request->ie, 2968 priv->scan_request->ie_len, 2969 IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE - sizeof(*scan))); 2970 } else { This is from the above commit as well. regards, dan carpenter -- 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