send_packet derefenced forw_packet->if_incoming and checked if forw_packet->if_incoming is NULL.

This cannot happen, but still makes irritates when reading through the functions.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter error27@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann sven.eckelmann@gmx.de --- batman-adv/send.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/batman-adv/send.c b/batman-adv/send.c index 625a3ba..7097ff0 100644 --- a/batman-adv/send.c +++ b/batman-adv/send.c @@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ static void send_packet_to_if(struct forw_packet *forw_packet, static void send_packet(struct forw_packet *forw_packet) { struct batman_if *batman_if; - struct net_device *soft_iface = forw_packet->if_incoming->soft_iface; - struct bat_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(soft_iface); + struct net_device *soft_iface; + struct bat_priv *bat_priv; struct batman_packet *batman_packet = (struct batman_packet *)(forw_packet->skb->data); unsigned char directlink = (batman_packet->flags & DIRECTLINK ? 1 : 0); @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ static void send_packet(struct forw_packet *forw_packet) return; }

+ soft_iface = forw_packet->if_incoming->soft_iface; + bat_priv = netdev_priv(soft_iface); + if (forw_packet->if_incoming->if_status != IF_ACTIVE) return;