can_validate() does a first check: | if (is_can_fd) { | if (!data[IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING] || !data[IFLA_CAN_DATA_BITTIMING]) | return -EOPNOTSUPP; | } If that first if succeeds, we know that if is_can_fd is true then data[IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING is set. However, the next if switch does not leverage on above knowledge and redoes the check: | if (data[IFLA_CAN_DATA_BITTIMING]) { | if (!is_can_fd || !data[IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING]) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | return -EOPNOTSUPP; | } This patch removes that redundant check. Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c index e38c2566aff4..32c603a09809 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int can_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[], } if (data[IFLA_CAN_DATA_BITTIMING]) { - if (!is_can_fd || !data[IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING]) + if (!is_can_fd) return -EOPNOTSUPP; } -- 2.31.1