netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] net: wwan: iosm: remove pointless null check

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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 07:12:47 +0000
From:   "Kumar, M Chetan" <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        linuxwwan <linuxwwan@...el.com>,
        "loic.poulain@...aro.org" <loic.poulain@...aro.org>,
        "ryazanov.s.a@...il.com" <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>,
        "johannes@...solutions.net" <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] net: wwan: iosm: remove pointless null check

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 6:14 AM
> To: davem@...emloft.net
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; edumazet@...gle.com; pabeni@...hat.com;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Kumar, M Chetan
> <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>; linuxwwan <linuxwwan@...el.com>;
> loic.poulain@...aro.org; ryazanov.s.a@...il.com;
> johannes@...solutions.net
> Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: wwan: iosm: remove pointless null check
> 
> GCC 12 warns:
> 
> drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_protocol_ops.c: In function
> ‘ipc_protocol_dl_td_process’:
> drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_protocol_ops.c:406:13: warning: the
> comparison will always evaluate as ‘true’ for the address of ‘cb’ will never be
> NULL [-Waddress]
>   406 |         if (!IPC_CB(skb)) {
>       |             ^
> 
> Indeed the check seems entirely pointless. Hopefully the other validation
> checks will catch if the cb is bad, but it can't be NULL.

Reviewed-by: M Chetan Kumar <m.chetan.kumar@...el.com>