netdev - [PATCH net-next 7/7] net/ipv6: Remove unncessary check on f6i in fib6

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:38:03 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...sch.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com, weiwan@...gle.com, kafai@...com,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 7/7] net/ipv6: Remove unncessary check on f6i in fib6_check

Dan reported an imbalance in fib6_check on use of f6i and checking
whether it is null. Since fib6_check is only called if f6i is non-null,
remove the unnecessary check.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 004d00fe2fe5..0407bbc5a028 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2130,8 +2130,7 @@ static bool fib6_check(struct fib6_info *f6i, u32 cookie)
 {
 	u32 rt_cookie = 0;
 
-	if ((f6i && !fib6_get_cookie_safe(f6i, &rt_cookie)) ||
-	     rt_cookie != cookie)
+	if (!fib6_get_cookie_safe(f6i, &rt_cookie) || rt_cookie != cookie)
 		return false;
 
 	if (fib6_check_expired(f6i))
-- 
2.11.0