On 2014-07-10 23:00, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hello Arvid Brodin,
>
> The patch f266a683a480: "net/hsr: Better frame dispatch" from Jul 4,
> 2014, leads to the following static checker warning:
>
> net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:293 hsr_addr_subst_dest()
> warn: this array is probably non-NULL. 'node_dst->MacAddressB'
>
> net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
> 286 node_dst = find_node_by_AddrA(&port->hsr->node_db, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest);
> 287 if (!node_dst) {
> 288 WARN_ONCE(1, "%s: Unknown node\n", __func__);
> 289 return;
> 290 }
> 291 if (port->type != node_dst->AddrB_port)
> 292 return;
> 293 if (!node_dst->MacAddressB) {
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This test is never true. It could be deleted or replaced.
>
> 294 WARN_ONCE(1, "%s: No MacAddressB\n", __func__);
> 295 return;
> 296 }
> 297
>
Yes, this code (the whole if block; lines 293-296) is useless and should be deleted.
Thanks for finding it!
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