netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Remove unnecessary null check in ethtool_rx_flow_rule

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Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 17:38:12 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Remove unnecessary null check in
 ethtool_rx_flow_rule_create

On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 09:46:53PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> net/core/ethtool.c:3023:19: warning: address of array
> 'ext_m_spec->h_dest' will always evaluate to 'true'
> [-Wpointer-bool-conversion]
>                 if (ext_m_spec->h_dest) {
>                 ~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
> 
> h_dest is an array, it can't be null so remove this check.
> 
> Fixes: eca4205f9ec3 ("ethtool: add ethtool_rx_flow_spec to flow_rule structure translator")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/353
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>

Thanks!