netdev - [iproute PATCH 30/51] ss: Skip useless check in parse

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Message-Id: <20170812120510.28750-31-phil@nwl.cc>
Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:04:49 +0200
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH 30/51] ss: Skip useless check in parse_hostcond()

The passed 'addr' parameter is dereferenced by caller before and in
parse_hostcond() multiple times before this check, so assume it is
always true.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 misc/ss.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index b4f89c85c2d52..5ea388fbf1c1a 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ void *parse_hostcond(char *addr, bool is_port)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (!is_port && addr && *addr && *addr != '*') {
+	if (!is_port && *addr && *addr != '*') {
 		if (get_prefix_1(&a.addr, addr, fam)) {
 			if (get_dns_host(&a, addr, fam)) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than \"%s\".\n", addr);
-- 
2.13.1