| Message ID | 20150305174846.GA17072@mwanda |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 20:48:46 +0300 > We get a static checker warning here on devel kernels: > > drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c:560 ax_xmit() > warn: variable dereferenced before check 'skb' (see line 532) > > It turns out that the NULL check can be deleted. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Applied, thanks Dan. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c index 17058c4..2ffbf13 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c @@ -557,11 +557,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ax_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) } /* We were not busy, so we are now... :-) */ - if (skb != NULL) { - netif_stop_queue(dev); - ax_encaps(dev, skb->data, skb->len); - kfree_skb(skb); - } + netif_stop_queue(dev); + ax_encaps(dev, skb->data, skb->len); + kfree_skb(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; }
We get a static checker warning here on devel kernels: drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c:560 ax_xmit() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'skb' (see line 532) It turns out that the NULL check can be deleted. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html