netdev - [Patch net-next] ipv6: remove a useless NULL check

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:43:53 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Subject: [Patch net-next] ipv6: remove a useless NULL check

In dev_forward_change(), it is useless to check if idev->dev
is NULL, it is always non-NULL here.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>

---
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8f0b12a..c9b1cf3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static void dev_forward_change(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 	dev = idev->dev;
 	if (idev->cnf.forwarding)
 		dev_disable_lro(dev);
-	if (dev && (dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)) {
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST) {
 		if (idev->cnf.forwarding)
 			ipv6_dev_mc_inc(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allrouters);
 		else
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