Re: [PATCH] [net/ethtool] ethnl_set_linkmodes: remove redundant null check

[Michal Kubecek]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:58:44AM -0400, Gaurav Singh wrote:
> info cannot be NULL here since its being accessed earlier
> in the function: nlmsg_parse(info->nlhdr...). Remove this
> redundant NULL check.

This is what the static checker tells you but it could still mean the
other place is missing the check. The actual reason why this check is
superfluous is that the function is only used as ->doit() handler which
is never called with null info.

> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@xxxxxxxxx>

The subject should rather start with "ethtool: " (instead of "[net/ethtool] ").

For the change itself:

Reviewed-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>

Michal

> ---
>  net/ethtool/linkmodes.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c b/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
> index fd4f3e58c6f6..b595d87fa880 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
> @@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ int ethnl_set_linkmodes(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  
>  	ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
> -		if (info)
> -			GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
> +		GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
>  		goto out_ops;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>

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