---

yaml
---
r: 352655
b: refs/heads/master
c: 83c7aa1
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  352653: 1189887
  352651: bc5be5d
  352647: 6b058e3
  352639: 958d861
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b207cdb07f3f01ec1adaac62e9d0cc918c60a81a
+refs/heads/master: 83c7aa1a1475ae1c42640ab6e4559016142efc67

trunk/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c

@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ int mwifiex_fill_new_bss_desc(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	ies = rcu_dereference(bss->ies);
-	if (WARN_ON(!ies)) {
-		/* should never happen */
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 	beacon_ie = kmemdup(ies->data, ies->len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	beacon_ie_len = ies->len;
 	rcu_read_unlock();

trunk/include/net/cfg80211.h

@@ -1287,10 +1287,10 @@ struct cfg80211_bss_ies {
  * @tsf: timestamp of last received update
  * @beacon_interval: the beacon interval as from the frame
  * @capability: the capability field in host byte order
- * @ies: the information elements (Note that there
- *	is no guarantee that these are well-formed!); this is a pointer to
- *	either the beacon_ies or proberesp_ies depending on whether Probe
- *	Response frame has been received
+ * @ies: the information elements (Note that there is no guarantee that these
+ *	are well-formed!); this is a pointer to either the beacon_ies or
+ *	proberesp_ies depending on whether Probe Response frame has been
+ *	received. It is always non-%NULL.
  * @beacon_ies: the information elements from the last Beacon frame
  *	(implementation note: if @hidden_beacon_bss is set this struct doesn't
  *	own the beacon_ies, but they're just pointers to the ones from the

trunk/net/wireless/scan.c

@@ -1293,15 +1293,10 @@ ieee80211_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct iw_request_info *info,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	ies = rcu_dereference(bss->pub.ies);
-	if (ies) {
-		rem = ies->len;
-		ie = ies->data;
-	} else {
-		rem = 0;
-		ie = NULL;
-	}
+	rem = ies->len;
+	ie = ies->data;
 
-	while (ies && rem >= 2) {
+	while (rem >= 2) {
 		/* invalid data */
 		if (ie[1] > rem - 2)
 			break;