Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: os_dep: usb_intf.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Jes Sorensen
Date: Mon Dec 15 2014 - 10:49:03 EST


Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:39:14PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
>> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>>
>> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c
>> index 865743e..71a6330 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c
>> @@ -351,10 +351,11 @@ error_exit:
>> int rtw_hw_resume23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
>
> That's weird. Is this function even called?

[jes@ultrasam jes.git]$ find drivers/staging/rtl8723au -name \*.[ch] |xargs grep rtw_hw_resume
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_intf.h:int rtw_hw_resume23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter);
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c:int rtw_hw_resume23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c: DBG_8723A("==> rtw_hw_resume23a\n");
[jes@ultrasam jes.git]$ find drivers/staging/rtl8723au -name \*.[ch] |xargs grep rtw_hw_suspend
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/osdep_intf.h:int rtw_hw_suspend23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter);
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c:int rtw_hw_suspend23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/os_dep/usb_intf.c: DBG_8723A("==> rtw_hw_suspend23a\n");

A more useful patch would be one removing those two functions IMHO.

Jes
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