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Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 13:54:38 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iavf: Remove useless else if

On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 04:38:48PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> The assignment of the else and if branches is the same, so the if else
> here is redundant, so we remove it.
> 
> ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c:2203:6-8: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else).
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=5255
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>

nit: This should be targeted at net-next.

     Subject: [PATCH net-next] ...

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> index 2de4baff4c20..cf8538cebfe0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
> @@ -2200,8 +2200,6 @@ iavf_set_vlan_offload_features(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
>  		vlan_ethertype = ETH_P_8021Q;
>  	else if (prev_features & (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_RX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX))
>  		vlan_ethertype = ETH_P_8021AD;
> -	else if (prev_features & (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX))
> -		vlan_ethertype = ETH_P_8021Q;

I agree that the assignment is the same.
But the current arrangement does very obviously handle
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX, whereas in the new arrangement
it's unclear if it is handled or forgotten.

Perhaps a comment is warranted here?
Something like this?

>  	else

		/* This covers both the default and the
		 * (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX case.
		 */

>  		vlan_ethertype = ETH_P_8021Q;
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1.7.g153144c
> 
>