netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: remove else after return in dev_prep_valid

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:23:46 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	johannes.berg@...el.com,
	mpe@...erman.id.au,
	j@...fi,
	jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: remove else after return in dev_prep_valid_name()

Remove unnecessary else clauses after return.
I copied this if / else construct from somewhere,
it makes the code harder to read.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0830f2967221..a37a932a3e14 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1131,14 +1131,13 @@ static int dev_prep_valid_name(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!dev_valid_name(want_name))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (strchr(want_name, '%')) {
+	if (strchr(want_name, '%'))
 		return __dev_alloc_name(net, want_name, out_name);
-	} else if (netdev_name_in_use(net, want_name)) {
-		return -dup_errno;
-	} else if (out_name != want_name) {
-		strscpy(out_name, want_name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	}
 
+	if (netdev_name_in_use(net, want_name))
+		return -dup_errno;
+	if (out_name != want_name)
+		strscpy(out_name, want_name, IFNAMSIZ);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.41.0