# Re: \[PATCH 4/4\] drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c: test the just-initialized value

- From: Larry Finger \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-08-22 15:19:55 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2011/08/3755456
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/kernel-janitors/2011/08/3755406/t.md

```text
On 08/22/2011 09:00 AM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall<redacted>
>
> Test the just-initialized value rather than some other one.
>
> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> //<smpl>
> @r@
> identifier x,y,f!={PTR_ERR,ERR_PTR,ERR_CAST};
> statement S;
> @@
>
> x = f(...);
> (
> if (\(x == NULL\|IS_ERR(x)\)) S
> |
> *if (\(y == NULL\|IS_ERR(y)\))
>   { ... when != x
>     return ...; }
> )
> //</smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall<redacted>
>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> index b28241c..d3111c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   	}
>   	beacon_ie = kzalloc(ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!bss_desc) {
> +	if (!beacon_ie) {
>   		dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n");
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   	}

The error message should also get the bss_desc => beacon_ie chang.

Larry
```