netdev - [PATCH] kernel: bpf: remove dead code

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 09:07:46 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel: bpf: remove dead code

Execution cannot reach NET_IP_ALIGN inside the following statement:
ip_align = strict ? 2 : NET_IP_ALIGN

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1409762
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
NOTE: variable ip_align could also be removed and use value 2 directly.

 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 1eddb71..94f6e46 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int check_pkt_ptr_alignment(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
 	 * we force this to 2 which is universally what architectures use
 	 * when they don't set CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS.
 	 */
-	ip_align = strict ? 2 : NET_IP_ALIGN;
+	ip_align = 2;
 	if ((ip_align + reg_off + off) % size != 0) {
 		verbose("misaligned packet access off %d+%d+%d size %d\n",
 			ip_align, reg_off, off, size);
-- 
2.5.0