netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: caif: chnl_net: remove unnecessary null check in chnl_recv

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:33:38 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Dmitry Tarnyagin <dmitry.tarnyagin@...kless.no>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: caif: chnl_net: remove unnecessary null check in
 chnl_recv_cb

Hi,

Quoting "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>:

> container_of is never null, so this null check is unnecessary.
>
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>  net/caif/chnl_net.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/caif/chnl_net.c b/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> index 922ac1d..489298d 100644
> --- a/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> +++ b/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> @@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ static int chnl_recv_cb(struct cflayer *layr,  
> struct cfpkt *pkt)
>  	u8 buf;
>
>  	priv = container_of(layr, struct chnl_net, chnl);
> -	if (!priv)
> -		return -EINVAL;
>
>  	skb = (struct sk_buff *) cfpkt_tonative(pkt);
>
> --
> 2.7.4

Please, ignore this patch.

I just realized that function chnl_recv_cb is being called only during  
initialization:

chnl_init_module() -> rtnl_link_register() -> ipcaif_net_setup() ->  
chnl_recv_cb():

static void ipcaif_net_setup(struct net_device *dev)
{
[...]
	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
	priv->chnl.receive = chnl_recv_cb;

[...]
}

static struct rtnl_link_ops ipcaif_link_ops __read_mostly = {
	.kind		= "caif",
	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct chnl_net),
	.setup		= ipcaif_net_setup,
	.maxtype	= IFLA_CAIF_MAX,
	.policy		= ipcaif_policy,
	.newlink	= ipcaif_newlink,
	.changelink	= ipcaif_changelink,
	.get_size	= ipcaif_get_size,
	.fill_info	= ipcaif_fill_info,

};

static int __init chnl_init_module(void)
{
	return rtnl_link_register(&ipcaif_link_ops);
}

Thanks
--
Gustavo A. R. Silva