netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: remove some unnecessary code

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:59:50 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: remove some unnecessary code

Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 08:35:43AM CET, error27@...il.com wrote:
>This code checks if (attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_POLICER_ID]) twice.  Once
>at the start of the function and then a couple lines later.  Delete the
>second check since that one must be true.
>
>Because the second condition is always true, it means the:
>
>	policer_item = group_item->policer_item;
>
>assignment is immediately over-written.  Delete that as well.
>
>Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>