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

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Date:   Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:05:38 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     natechancellor@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        pablo@...filter.org, jiri@...lanox.com, ndesaulniers@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Remove unnecessary null check in
 ethtool_rx_flow_rule_create

From: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  7 Feb 2019 21:46:53 -0700

> 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>

Applied.