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[net-next] xfrm: Remove unnecessary NULL check in xfrm_lookup_with_ifid()

Message ID 2eebea1e-5258-4bcb-9127-ca4d7c59e0e2@stanley.mountain (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] xfrm: Remove unnecessary NULL check in xfrm_lookup_with_ifid() | expand

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Commit Message

Dan Carpenter March 12, 2025, 5:21 p.m. UTC
This NULL check is unnecessary and can be removed.  It confuses
Smatch static analysis tool because it makes Smatch think that
xfrm_lookup_with_ifid() can return a mix of NULL pointers and errors so
it creates a lot of false positives.  Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
---
I have wanted to remove this NULL check for a long time.  Someone
said it could be done safely.  But please, please, review this
carefully.

 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 6551e588fe52..30970d40a454 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@  struct dst_entry *xfrm_lookup_with_ifid(struct net *net,
 
 ok:
 	xfrm_pols_put(pols, drop_pols);
-	if (dst && dst->xfrm &&
+	if (dst->xfrm &&
 	    (dst->xfrm->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL ||
 	     dst->xfrm->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_IPTFS))
 		dst->flags |= DST_XFRM_TUNNEL;