netdev - Re: [PATCH] nfp: Fix passing zero to 'PTR

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:10:26 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: Fix passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:26:03 +0100 Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:58:52PM +0800, YueHaibing wrote:
> > nfp_cpp_from_nfp6000_pcie() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns
> > NULL. The NULL test should be removed, also return correct err.
> > 
> > Fixes: 63461a028f76 ("nfp: add the PF driver")
> > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>  
> 
> Thanks, this does indeed seem to be the case.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>

Thanks!

I'll drop the fixes tag and apply to net-next, though.
Unnecessary NULL-check is hardly a bug.