netdev - Re: [PATCH] vxlan: avoid double unlikely() notation when using IS

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Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:45:35 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     a@...table.cc
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxlan: avoid double unlikely() notation when using
 IS_ERR()

From: Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:55:49 +0100

> The definition of IS_ERR() already applies the unlikely() notation
> when checking the error status of the passed pointer. For this
> reason there is no need to have the same notation outside of
> IS_ERR() itself.
> 
> Clean up code by removing redundant notation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>

Applied to net-next, thanks.