linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] driver:staging:vme:Remove NULL check of list

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Message-ID: <2024082234-nest-diabetes-f9a0@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:47:57 +0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Yuesong Li <liyuesong@...o.com>
Cc: soumya.negi97@...il.com, piroyangg@...il.com,
	andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com, alexondunkan@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] driver:staging:vme:Remove NULL check of list_entry()

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 10:57:36AM +0800, Yuesong Li wrote:
> list_entry() will never return a NULL pointer, thus remove the
> check.

Oh, nice catch!  I bet there are lots of other places this happens in
the tree as well.