From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ret is initialized to zero and if it is set to non-zero in the xt_entry_foreach loop then we exit via the out_free label. Hence the check for ret being non-zero is redundant and can be removed. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1357132 ("Logically Dead Code") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c index 6241a81..f17dab1 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c @@ -562,8 +562,6 @@ static int translate_table(struct xt_table_info *newinfo, void *entry0, XT_ERROR_TARGET) == 0) ++newinfo->stacksize; } - if (ret != 0) - goto out_free; ret = -EINVAL; if (i != repl->num_entries) -- 2.10.2 -- 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