"ifa->ifa_label" is an array inside the in_ifaddr struct. It can never be NULL so we can remove this check. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index 8d48c39..1b7f7ae 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -1124,10 +1124,7 @@ static int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf, int len) if (len < (int) sizeof(ifr)) break; memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq)); - if (ifa->ifa_label) - strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifa->ifa_label); - else - strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev->name); + strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifa->ifa_label); (*(struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr).sin_family = AF_INET; (*(struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr).sin_addr.s_addr = -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html