netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] team: Remove NULL check before dev

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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 11:52:38 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] team: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold}

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 08:57:41AM +0800, Yang Li wrote:
> The call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put, hold} will check NULL,
> so there is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold},
> remove it to silence the warning:
> 
> ./drivers/net/team/team.c:2325:3-10: WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed.
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Closes: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=5991
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>