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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/cfg80211.c: Add missing call to cfg80211_put_bss
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Hi Julia,

Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> writes:

> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> A call to cfg80211_get_bss hould be accompanied by a call to
> cfg80211_put_bss in error-handling code.

[...]

> ---
> I don't really understand the use of the bss variable later. Afterwards,
> along the normal execution path, there is also a call to cfg80211_put_bss,
> but at this point bss has been redefined, and I don't have the impression
> that it still points to the same value.

The original code looks buggy to me:

/* Before informing the join/connect event, make sure that
* bss entry is present in scan list, if it not present
* construct and insert into scan list, otherwise that
* event will be dropped on the way by cfg80211, due to
* this keys will not be plumbed in case of WEP and
* application will not be aware of join/connect status. */
bss = cfg80211_get_bss(ar->wdev->wiphy, NULL, bssid,
ar->wdev->ssid, ar->wdev->ssid_len,
((ADHOC_NETWORK & networkType) ?
WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS : WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS),
((ADHOC_NETWORK & networkType) ?
WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS : WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS));

But, as you point out, the bss is not used for anything. I think the
call and the comment should be just removed.

--
Kalle Valo


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