netdev - [PATCH] net: thunderx: remove null check after call container

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Date:   Mon, 16 May 2022 18:16:52 +0800
From:   Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
To:     Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: thunderx: remove null check after call container_of()

container_of() will never return NULL, so remove useless code.

Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
index a04aa206fddc..768ea426d49f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
@@ -2024,9 +2024,6 @@ static void nicvf_set_rx_mode_task(struct work_struct *work_arg)
 	u8 mode;
 	struct xcast_addr_list *mc;
 
-	if (!vf_work)
-		return;
-
 	/* Save message data locally to prevent them from
 	 * being overwritten by next ndo_set_rx_mode call().
 	 */
-- 
2.7.4