linux-kernel - [PATCH] [net] dcb_doit: remove redundant skb check

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Message-Id: <20200623025057.20348-1-gaurav1086@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:50:39 -0400
From:   Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
To:     gaurav1086@...il.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] [net] dcb_doit: remove redundant skb check

skb cannot be NULL here since its already being accessed
before: sock_net(skb->sk). Remove the redundant null check.

Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
---
 net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index d2a4553bcf39..84dde5a2066e 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct dcbmsg *dcb = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	struct nlattr *tb[DCB_ATTR_MAX + 1];
-	u32 portid = skb ? NETLINK_CB(skb).portid : 0;
+	u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	struct sk_buff *reply_skb;
 	struct nlmsghdr *reply_nlh = NULL;
-- 
2.17.1