Am 03.05.2017 15:50, schrieb Colin King: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > head is previously null checked and so the 2nd null check on head > is redundant and therefore can be removed. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1399505 ("Logically dead code") > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sched/cls_matchall.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sched/cls_matchall.c b/net/sched/cls_matchall.c > index 2efb36c08f2a..dee469fed967 100644 > --- a/net/sched/cls_matchall.c > +++ b/net/sched/cls_matchall.c > @@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ static int mall_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb, > > *arg = (unsigned long) head; > rcu_assign_pointer(tp->root, new); > - if (head) > - call_rcu(&head->rcu, mall_destroy_rcu); > + call_rcu(&head->rcu, mall_destroy_rcu); > return 0; > > err_replace_hw_filter: if someone cares .. the err=0 in the the line above the patch is also useless because err is never used again. Merging both if will save 1 indent level. err = mall_replace_hw_filter(tp, new, (unsigned long) new); if (err && tc_skip_sw(flags) ) goto errout; just my impression, re wh -- 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