Am 16.02.2013 18:56, schrieb Kumar Amit Mehta:
> fix for a potential NULL pointer dereference and removal of a redundant
> assignment operation. Found using smatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.a...@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-traffic.c | 8 ++------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
> index 99749bd..adb05a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
> @@ -611,11 +611,8 @@ __vxge_hw_vpath_alarm_process(struct
> __vxge_hw_virtualpath *vpath,
> struct vxge_hw_vpath_stats_sw_info *sw_stats;
> struct vxge_hw_vpath_reg __iomem *vp_reg;
>
> - if (vpath == NULL) {
> - alarm_event = VXGE_HW_SET_LEVEL(VXGE_HW_EVENT_UNKNOWN,
> - alarm_event);
> + if (vpath == NULL)
> goto out2;
> - }
>
> hldev = vpath->hldev;
> vp_reg = vpath->vp_reg;
> @@ -852,13 +849,12 @@ __vxge_hw_vpath_alarm_process(struct
> __vxge_hw_virtualpath *vpath,
> }
> out:
> hldev->stats.sw_dev_err_stats.vpath_alarms++;
> + __vxge_hw_device_handle_error(hldev, vpath->vp_id, alarm_event);
> out2:
> if ((alarm_event == VXGE_HW_EVENT_ALARM_CLEARED) ||
> (alarm_event == VXGE_HW_EVENT_UNKNOWN))
> return VXGE_HW_OK;
>
> - __vxge_hw_device_handle_error(hldev, vpath->vp_id, alarm_event);
> -
> if (alarm_event == VXGE_HW_EVENT_SERR)
> return VXGE_HW_ERR_CRITICAL;
>
the patch looks ok.
it would be nice if someone would rewrite the if (alarm_event == x ) stuff
using switch or more if()'s it is hardly readable this way.
just my 2 cents,
re,
wh
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