linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/vt-d: remove unneeded validity check on dev

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Message-ID: <ace47a96-4e43-697a-4cfe-04544f014940@collabora.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:52:15 +0500
From:   Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     usama.anjum@...labora.com, kernel@...labora.com,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/vt-d: remove unneeded validity check on dev

Any thoughts?

On 3/13/22 8:03 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> dev_iommu_priv_get() is being used at the top of this function which
> dereferences dev. Dev cannot be NULL after this. Remove the validity
> check on dev and simplify the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> index df5c62ecf942b..f79edbbd651a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> @@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ static struct dmar_domain *dmar_insert_one_dev_info(struct intel_iommu *iommu,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (dev && domain_context_mapping(domain, dev)) {
> +	if (domain_context_mapping(domain, dev)) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "Domain context map failed\n");
>  		dmar_remove_one_dev_info(dev);
>  		return NULL;

-- 
Muhammad Usama Anjum