netdev - [PATCH][next] brcmfmac: remove redundant u32 comparison with less than zero

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Date:   Sun,  5 May 2019 22:16:23 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] brcmfmac: remove redundant u32 comparison with less than zero

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The check for the u32 variable idx being less than zero is
always false and is redundant. Remove it.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
index 9d1f9ff25bfa..e874dddc7b7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/msgbuf.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ brcmf_msgbuf_get_pktid(struct device *dev, struct brcmf_msgbuf_pktids *pktids,
 	struct brcmf_msgbuf_pktid *pktid;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	if (idx < 0 || idx >= pktids->array_size) {
+	if (idx >= pktids->array_size) {
 		brcmf_err("Invalid packet id %d (max %d)\n", idx,
 			  pktids->array_size);
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.20.1