netdev - Re: [PATCH] [net/sched]: Remove redundant condition in qdisc

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:14:33 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
Cc:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:TC subsystem),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [net/sched]: Remove redundant condition in qdisc_graft

On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:55:26 -0400 Gaurav Singh wrote:
> parent cannot be NULL here since its in the else part
> of the if (parent == NULL) condition. Remove the extra
> check on parent pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>

Change seems legit, but it obviously doesn't build...

>  net/sched/sch_api.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
> index 9a3449b56bd6..8c92d00c5c8e 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
> @@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static int qdisc_graft(struct net_device *dev, struct Qdisc *parent,
>  
>  		/* Only support running class lockless if parent is lockless */
>  		if (new && (new->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK) &&
> -		    parent && !(parent->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
> +		    && !(parent->flags & TCQ_F_NOLOCK))
>  			qdisc_clear_nolock(new);
>  
>  		if (!cops || !cops->graft)