linux-kernel - [PATCH][net-next] net: ethernet: aquantia: remove another redundant err check

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:00:25 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>,
        Alexander Loktionov <Alexander.Loktionov@...antia.com>,
        Dmitry Bezrukov <Dmitry.Bezrukov@...antia.com>,
        David VomLehn <vomlehn@...as.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][net-next] net: ethernet: aquantia: remove another redundant err check

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The check on err < 0 is redundant and can be removed. Detected
by CoverityScan, CID#1398318 ("Logically Dead Code")

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
index b517b26..817c145 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ int aq_ring_rx_fill(struct aq_ring_s *self)
 
 		buff = NULL;
 	}
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto err_exit;
 
 err_exit:
 	if (err < 0) {
-- 
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