netdev - Re: ipv6: remove unnecessary inet6

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Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:06:09 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     davej@...emonkey.org.uk
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ipv6: remove unnecessary inet6_sk check

From: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:53:18 -0500

> np is already assigned in the variable declaration of ping_v6_sendmsg.
> At this point, we have already dereferenced np several times, so the
> NULL check is also redundant.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>

Applied, thanks Dave.