2023-09-07 16:19:30

by Jeff Johnson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: drop NULL pointer check in ath11k_dp_rx_mon_dest_process()

On 9/7/2023 1:38 AM, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> Since 'srng_list' is a fixed-size array of 'struct hal_srng'
> in 'struct ath11_hal', any of its member can't be NULL and
> so relevant check may be dropped.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>

> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c | 7 -------
> 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
> index 146201d8dba2..4463e308968c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
> @@ -5094,13 +5094,6 @@ static void ath11k_dp_rx_mon_dest_process(struct ath11k *ar, int mac_id,
>
> mon_dst_srng = &ar->ab->hal.srng_list[ring_id];
>
> - if (!mon_dst_srng) {
> - ath11k_warn(ar->ab,
> - "HAL Monitor Destination Ring Init Failed -- %p",
> - mon_dst_srng);
> - return;
> - }
> -
> spin_lock_bh(&pmon->mon_lock);
>
> ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin(ar->ab, mon_dst_srng);