On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:09:03 -0400 "John W. Linville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 05:01:27PM -0400, Florin Malita wrote: > > In libertas_process_rxed_packet() and process_rxed_802_11_packet() the > > skb is dereferenced after being passed to netif_rx (called from > > libertas_upload_rx_packet). Spotted by Coverity (1658, 1659). > > Relocating the libertas_upload_rx_packet call is fine, but... > > > Also, libertas_upload_rx_packet() unconditionally returns 0 so the error > > check is dead code - might as well take it out. > > Is this merely an implementation detail? Or an absolute fact? > If the former is true, then we should preserve the error > checking. If the latter, then we should change the signature of > libertas_upload_rx_packet to return void. netif_rx() used to return a value in older kernels. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
