netdev - [PATCH v2] ppp: Remove redundant BUG_ON() check in ppp

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Date:   Wed, 25 Dec 2019 03:07:04 +0000
From:   Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
To:     paulus@...ba.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] ppp: Remove redundant BUG_ON() check in ppp_pernet

Passing NULL to ppp_pernet causes a crash via BUG_ON.
Dereferencing net in net_generic() also has the same effect.
This patch removes the redundant BUG_ON check on the same parameter.

Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 3bf8a8b..22cc2cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ static struct class *ppp_class;
 /* per net-namespace data */
 static inline struct ppp_net *ppp_pernet(struct net *net)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!net);
-
 	return net_generic(net, ppp_net_id);
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4