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Message-ID: <20241031183227.457cd1e5@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:32:27 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@...ud.ru>
Cc: Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>, Manish Chopra
<manishc@...vell.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S.
Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] bnx2x: remove redundant NULL-pointer check
On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:42:03 +0300 Nikita Kiryushin wrote:
> bnx2x_get_vf_config() contains NULL-pointer checks for
> mac_obj and vlan_obj.
>
> The fields checked are assigned to (after macro expansions):
>
> mac_obj = &((vf)->vfqs[0].mac_obj);
> vlan_obj = &((vf)->vfqs[0].vlan_obj);
>
> It is impossible to get NULL for those.
>
> Remove superfluous NULL-pointer check and associated
> unreachable code to improve readability.
this is an old driver and the 4 saved LoC on the control path
don't seem to justify the review effort needed, anyway, sorry.
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