linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ag71xx: Remove dead code

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Message-ID: <46d8c9b0-ce3b-436d-ab87-1568d78142ab@lunn.ch>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:24:35 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc: Chris Snook <chris.snook@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, kernel@...labora.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ethernet: ag71xx: Remove dead code

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 06:58:27PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> The err variable isn't being used anywhere other than getting
> initialized to 0 and then it is being checked in if condition. The
> condition can never be true. Remove the err and deadcode.
> 
> Move the rx_dropped counter above when skb isn't found.
> 
> Fixes: d51b6ce441d3 ("net: ethernet: add ag71xx driver")
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew