netdev - [PATCH v2] net: hinic: Fix warning-hinic_set_vlan_fliter() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'hwdev'

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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:27:15 +0800
From: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@...ux.dev>
To: vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev
Cc: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@...ux.dev>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	"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,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] net: hinic: Fix warning-hinic_set_vlan_fliter() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'hwdev'

'hwdev' is checked too late and hwdev will not be NULL, so remove the check

Fixes: 2acf960e3be6 ("net: hinic: Add support for configuration of rx-vlan-filter by ethtool")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202309112354.pikZCmyk-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@...ux.dev>
---
v1->v2: Remove 'hwdev' check directly 
v1 link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230918123401.6951-1-cai.huoqing@linux.dev/

 drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
index 9406237c461e..f81a43d2cdfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
@@ -456,9 +456,6 @@ int hinic_set_vlan_fliter(struct hinic_dev *nic_dev, u32 en)
 	u16 out_size = sizeof(vlan_filter);
 	int err;
 
-	if (!hwdev)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	vlan_filter.func_idx = HINIC_HWIF_FUNC_IDX(hwif);
 	vlan_filter.enable = en;
 
-- 
2.34.1