linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 02:29:25 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization
 of pointer br_dev

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:56:49PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> index 71aee4914619..8f485f9a07a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> @@ -7572,11 +7572,12 @@ static struct mlxsw_sp_fid *
>  mlxsw_sp_rif_vlan_fid_get(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif,
>  			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>  {
> -	struct net_device *br_dev = rif->dev;
> +	struct net_device *br_dev;
>  	u16 vid;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	if (is_vlan_dev(rif->dev)) {
> +

Colin, please drop the extra blank line and mention in subject prefix
that the patch is for net-next. Thanks!

>  		vid = vlan_dev_vlan_id(rif->dev);
>  		br_dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(rif->dev);
>  		if (WARN_ON(!netif_is_bridge_master(br_dev)))
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>