netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: mcast: Remove unnecessary null check in mld_del

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Message-ID: <3e9b1ec2-68e2-4d5f-9c74-c64503f178ac@web.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:32:12 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: mcast: Remove unnecessary null check in
 mld_del_delrec()

> These is no need to check null for pmc twice.

Can another wording approach be more appropriate?

  Avoid a duplicate pointer check in this function implementation.

Regards,
Markus