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[-next] net/mlx5: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold}

Message ID 20230222022944.48450-1-yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
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Series [-next] net/mlx5: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold} | expand

Commit Message

Yang Li Feb. 22, 2023, 2:29 a.m. UTC
The call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put, hold} will check NULL,
so there is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold},
remove it to silence the warning:

./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c:714:2-9: WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed.

Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4174
Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Leon Romanovsky Feb. 22, 2023, 9:34 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:29:44AM +0800, Yang Li wrote:
> The call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put, hold} will check NULL,
> so there is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold},
> remove it to silence the warning:
> 
> ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c:714:2-9: WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed.
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
> Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4174
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Please submit this patch with fixed title from -next to be net-next
after merge window.

Thanks
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
index e24b46953542..8f7452dc00ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
@@ -710,8 +710,7 @@  void mlx5e_rep_tc_receive(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	else
 		napi_gro_receive(rq->cq.napi, skb);
 
-	if (tc_priv.fwd_dev)
-		dev_put(tc_priv.fwd_dev);
+	dev_put(tc_priv.fwd_dev);
 
 	return;