From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch. (https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c index 9fd6d9a..9f31cfa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c @@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ ath5k_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif) { int ret; struct ath5k_hw *ah = hw->priv; - struct ath5k_vif *avf = (void *)vif->drv_priv; + struct ath5k_vif *avf; struct sk_buff *skb; if (WARN_ON(!vif)) { @@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ ath5k_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif) goto out; } + avf = (void *)vif->drv_priv; ath5k_txbuf_free_skb(ah, avf->bbuf); avf->bbuf->skb = skb; ret = ath5k_beacon_setup(ah, avf->bbuf); -- 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