linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: sfp: remove redundant NULL check

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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:43:57 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@...ddin.ru>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sfp: remove redundant NULL check

On Sun, 2024-02-11 at 07:08 -0800, Daniil Dulov wrote:
> bus->upstream_ops in sfp_register_bus() cannot be NULL. So remove
> redundant NULL check.

I'm unsure about that?!? in theory drivers could call
sfp_bus_add_upstream()/phy_sfp_probe() with NULL ops, even it that very
likely doesn't make any sense.

@Russel, @Andrew: WDYT?

Thanks,

Paolo