linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary null check

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:03:50 +0000
From:   cgel.zte@...il.com
To:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Cc:     phil@...lpotter.co.uk, paskripkin@...il.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, straube.linux@...il.com,
        martin@...ser.cx, jhpark1013@...il.com, makvihas@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove unnecessary null check

From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>

container_of is never null, so this null check is
unnecessary.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 56c8bd5f4c60..d089da7e90e0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -1442,10 +1442,6 @@ int rtw_select_and_join_from_scanned_queue(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 	pmlmepriv->pscanned = phead->next;
 	while (phead != pmlmepriv->pscanned) {
 		pnetwork = container_of(pmlmepriv->pscanned, struct wlan_network, list);
-		if (!pnetwork) {
-			ret = _FAIL;
-			goto exit;
-		}
 		pmlmepriv->pscanned = pmlmepriv->pscanned->next;
 		rtw_check_join_candidate(pmlmepriv, &candidate, pnetwork);
 	}
-- 
2.25.1