netdev - [Patch net-next] ipv6: remove another useless NULL check

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:16:25 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Subject: [Patch net-next] ipv6: remove another useless NULL check

When 'rt' is NULL, '&rt->dst' is NULL too because >dst
is always the first field of 'rt'. And dst_release accepts
NULL.

Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>

---
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8f0b12a..adeb479 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2027,8 +2027,7 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 			addrconf_prefix_route(&pinfo->prefix, pinfo->prefix_len,
 					      dev, expires, flags);
 		}
-		if (rt)
-			dst_release(&rt->dst);
+		dst_release(&rt->dst);
 	}
 
 	/* Try to figure out our local address for this prefix */
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