linux-kernel - [PATCH] crypto: chtls - remove the redundant check in chtls

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Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:44:53 +0800
From:   Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com>
To:     <atul.gupta@...lsio.com>, <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <willy@...radead.org>, <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <ira.weiny@...el.com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: chtls - remove the redundant check in chtls_recvmsg()

A warning message reported by a static analysis tool:
  "
  Either the condition 'if(skb)' is redundant or there is possible null
  pointer dereference: skb.
  "

Remove the unused redundant check.

Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
index 0891ab8..0125f4e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
@@ -1841,8 +1841,7 @@ int chtls_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			tp->urg_data = 0;

 		if (avail + offset >= skb->len) {
-			if (likely(skb))
-				chtls_free_skb(sk, skb);
+			chtls_free_skb(sk, skb);
 			buffers_freed++;

 			if  (copied >= target &&
-- 
2.7.4.3