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

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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 09:38:05 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     baolu.lu@...ux.intel.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

On 2022/4/4 15:52, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> Any thoughts?

It looks good to me. I will queue it for v5.19.

Best regards,
baolu

> 
> 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;
>