From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755441AbdJIVTE (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:19:04 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f195.google.com ([209.85.192.195]:35485 "EHLO mail-pf0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751156AbdJIVTD (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:19:03 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QBd2AtpXYTL7l7582KEsSTBEhamDQ1ablBgyWQuBwlBaTdZApzS72Ui/+5k1Ad2cx7/mEyT1A== From: Shreeya Patel To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Shreeya Patel Subject: [PATCH] Staging: rtlwifi: Remove NULL pointer dereference Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:48:58 +0530 Message-Id: <1507583938-13272-1-git-send-email-shreeya.patel23498@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Remove NULL pointer dereference as it results in undefined behaviour, and will usually lead to a runtime error. Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel --- drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c index b88b0e8..5bb8f98 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static void _rtl_txrate_selectmode(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw); struct rtl_mac *mac = rtl_mac(rtl_priv(hw)); - struct rtl_sta_info *sta_entry = NULL; + struct rtl_sta_info *sta_entry; u8 ratr_index = SET_RATE_ID(RATR_INX_WIRELESS_MC); if (sta) { -- 2.7.4