netdev - [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove useless test in dev_forward

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:24:09 +0100
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	fengguang.wu@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove useless test in dev_forward_change()

idev->dev cannot be NULL.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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
-- 
1.7.12

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