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iwlegacy: 4965-rs: avoid null pointer dereference error

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il4965_rs_initialize_lq checks to see if sta is null, however, before that
check il4965_rs_use_green dereferences sta when intializing use_green.
Avoid a potential null pointer dereference error by only calling
il4965_rs_use_green after we are sure sta is not null.

Smatch analysis:

drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c:2160 il4965_rs_initialize_lq() warn:
  variable dereferenced before check 'sta' (see line 2155)

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Colin Ian King 2013-03-26 17:35:23 +00:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 7fc0357479
commit ace5af3986
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c
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@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ il4965_rs_initialize_lq(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_conf *conf,
int rate_idx;
int i;
u32 rate;
u8 use_green = il4965_rs_use_green(il, sta);
u8 use_green;
u8 active_tbl = 0;
u8 valid_tx_ant;
struct il_station_priv *sta_priv;
@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@ il4965_rs_initialize_lq(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_conf *conf,
if (!sta || !lq_sta)
return;
use_green = il4965_rs_use_green(il, sta);
sta_priv = (void *)sta->drv_priv;
i = lq_sta->last_txrate_idx;