netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: drop unneeded likely() call around IS

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2019 18:50:26 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vyasevich@...il.com,
        nhorman@...driver.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: drop unneeded likely() call around IS_ERR()

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 11:03:27PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> From: Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>
> 
> IS_ERR() already calls unlikely(), so this extra unlikely() call
> around IS_ERR() is not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>

Hi,

This patch overlaps with
Jun 05 Kefeng Wang     (4.4K) [PATCH net-next] net: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)

  Marcelo