netdev - [PATCH net-next] bpf: netdev is never null in __dev_map

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 03:20:11 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     ast@...com, john.fastabend@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] bpf: netdev is never null in __dev_map_flush

No need to test for it in fast-path, every dev in bpf_dtab_netdev
is guaranteed to be non-NULL, otherwise dev_map_update_elem() will
fail in the first place.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
---
 kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index bfecabf..ecf9f99 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -226,12 +226,10 @@ void __dev_map_flush(struct bpf_map *map)
 		if (unlikely(!dev))
 			continue;
 
-		netdev = dev->dev;
 		__clear_bit(bit, bitmap);
-		if (unlikely(!netdev || !netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_flush))
-			continue;
-
-		netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_flush(netdev);
+		netdev = dev->dev;
+		if (likely(netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_flush))
+			netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_xdp_flush(netdev);
 	}
 }
 
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