netdev - [PATCH net-next 3/7] ipv4: nexthop: Remove unnecessary rtnl

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Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:48:53 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com,
        mlxsw@...dia.com, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/7] ipv4: nexthop: Remove unnecessary rtnl_dereference()

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>

The pointer is not RCU protected, so remove the unnecessary
rtnl_dereference(). This suppresses the following warning:

net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1101:24: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1101:24:    struct rb_node [noderef] __rcu *
net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1101:24:    struct rb_node *

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
---
 net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 0823643a7dec..1b736e3e1baa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static int insert_nexthop(struct net *net, struct nexthop *new_nh,
 	while (1) {
 		struct nexthop *nh;
 
-		next = rtnl_dereference(*pp);
+		next = *pp;
 		if (!next)
 			break;
 
-- 
2.26.2