[PATCH 2/5] staging: rtl8723bs: core/rtw_mlme_ext.c: remove unnecessary else statement

From: William Hansen-Baird

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 11:09:38 EST


Replace else-statement setting wpa_ie to NULL and wpa_ie_len to 0 by
initialising these variables beforehand.
Else-statement which sets wpa_ie and wpa_ie_len is
unnecessary if variables are initialised to these values from the start.

Signed-off-by: William Hansen-Baird <william.hansen.baird@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 83342d48e730..d0c88f6c4ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@ static unsigned short rtw_parse_assoc_security_ies(struct adapter *padapter,
{
struct security_priv *psecuritypriv = &padapter->securitypriv;
struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv;
- unsigned char *wpa_ie;
- int wpa_ie_len;
+ unsigned char *wpa_ie = NULL;
+ int wpa_ie_len = 0;

pstat->dot8021xalg = 0;
pstat->wpa_psk = 0;
@@ -991,10 +991,6 @@ static unsigned short rtw_parse_assoc_security_ies(struct adapter *padapter,
} else {
return WLAN_STATUS_INVALID_IE;
}
-
- } else {
- wpa_ie = NULL;
- wpa_ie_len = 0;
}

pstat->flags &= ~(WLAN_STA_WPS | WLAN_STA_MAYBE_WPS);
--
2.52.0