netdev - [PATCH net-next 03/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-qcom-ethqos: Drop an if with an always false condition

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Date:   Sun,  2 Apr 2023 16:30:17 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
Cc:     Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@...aro.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: [PATCH net-next 03/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-qcom-ethqos: Drop an if with an always false condition

The remove callback is only ever called after .probe() returned
successfully. After that get_stmmac_bsp_priv() always return non-NULL.

Side note: The early exit would also be a bug because the return value
of qcom_ethqos_remove() is ignored by the device core and the device is
unbound unconditionally. So exiting early resulted in a dangerous
resource leak as all devm allocated resources (some memory and the
register mappings) are freed but the network device stays around.  Using
the network device afterwards probably oopses.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
index f9faa6f55939..fba1fc88d2dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
@@ -580,11 +580,7 @@ static int qcom_ethqos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int qcom_ethqos_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos;
-
-	ethqos = get_stmmac_bsp_priv(&pdev->dev);
-	if (!ethqos)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos = get_stmmac_bsp_priv(&pdev->dev);
 
 	stmmac_pltfr_remove(pdev);
 	ethqos_clks_config(ethqos, false);
-- 
2.39.2