[PATCH 5.5 113/150] ice: Remove possible null dereference

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 27 2020 - 09:21:09 EST


From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 0a6ea04e3bbd20833d2b49296e5adc1c5bb86386 upstream.

Commit 1f45ebe0d8fb ("ice: add extra check for null Rx descriptor") moved
the call to ice_construct_skb() under a null check as Coverity reported a
possible use of null skb. However, the original call was not deleted, do so
now.

Fixes: 1f45ebe0d8fb ("ice: add extra check for null Rx descriptor")
Reported-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -1078,8 +1078,6 @@ construct_skb:
skb = ice_build_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
else
skb = ice_construct_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
- } else {
- skb = ice_construct_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
}
/* exit if we failed to retrieve a buffer */
if (!skb) {