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Message-ID: <3b13fcc0-31d3-4565-b5e6-b75c6b167311@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 12:39:30 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Ваторопин Андрей
 <a.vatoropin@...t.ru>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "lvc-project@...uxtesting.org" <lvc-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4_en: Remove the redundant NULL check for the
 'my_ets' object

On 4/1/25 8:15 AM, Ваторопин Андрей wrote:
> From: Andrey Vatoropin <a.vatoropin@...t.ru>
> 
> Static analysis shows that pointer "my_ets" cannot be NULL because it 
> points to the object "struct ieee_ets".
> 
> Remove the extra NULL check. It is meaningless and harms the readability
> of the code.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Vatoropin <a.vatoropin@...t.ru>

## Form letter - net-next-closed

Linus already pulled net-next material v6.15 and therefore net-next is
closed
for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations. We are
currently
accepting bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after Apr 7th.

RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.

See:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle