netdev - [PATCH 24/36] netfilter: conntrack: __nf_ct_l4proto

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Date:	Mon,  9 May 2016 20:46:42 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 24/36] netfilter: conntrack: __nf_ct_l4proto_find() always returns valid pointer

Remove unnecessary check for non-nul pointer in destroy_conntrack()
given that __nf_ct_l4proto_find() returns the generic protocol tracker
if the protocol is not supported.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index e3787cf..f72ede1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ destroy_conntrack(struct nf_conntrack *nfct)
 	}
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	l4proto = __nf_ct_l4proto_find(nf_ct_l3num(ct), nf_ct_protonum(ct));
-	if (l4proto && l4proto->destroy)
+	if (l4proto->destroy)
 		l4proto->destroy(ct);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-- 
2.1.4