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[PATCH] wl3501_cs: Remove unnecessary NULL check

From: Alex Dewar <hidden>
Date: 2020-09-26 17:46:17
Also in: linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem: networking drivers (wireless), the rest · Maintainers: Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds

In wl3501_detach(), link->priv is checked for a NULL value before being
passed to free_netdev(). However, it cannot be NULL at this point as it
has already been passed to other functions, so just remove the check.

Addresses-Coverity: CID 710499: Null pointer dereferences (REVERSE_INULL)
Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
index 4e7a2140649b..026e88b80bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
@@ -1433,9 +1433,7 @@ static void wl3501_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 	wl3501_release(link);
 
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
-
-	if (link->priv)
-		free_netdev(link->priv);
+	free_netdev(dev);
 }
 
 static int wl3501_get_name(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
-- 
2.28.0
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