linux-kernel - [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant check

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Message-Id: <20240820115442.49366-1-xuiagnh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:54:42 +0800
From: Xi Huang <xuiagnh@...il.com>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	dsahern@...nel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xuiagnh@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant check

err varibale will be set everytime,like -ENOBUFS and in if (err < 0),
 when code gets into this path. This check will just slowdown
the execution and that's all.

Signed-off-by: Xi Huang <xuiagnh@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f70d8757a..7372ae469 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5617,8 +5617,7 @@ static void inet6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa)
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 errout:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, err);
 }
 
 static void ipv6_store_devconf(const struct ipv6_devconf *cnf,
@@ -6173,8 +6172,7 @@ void inet6_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 errout:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, err);
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_prefix_nlmsg_size(void)
@@ -6241,8 +6239,7 @@ static void inet6_prefix_notify(int event, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_PREFIX, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 errout:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_PREFIX, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_PREFIX, err);
 }
 
 static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
-- 
2.34.1