The code works fine but the problem is that check for negatives is a no-op: if (arg < 0) i = 0; The "i" value isn't used. We immediately overwrite it with: i = array_index_nospec(arg, MAX_LEC_ITF); The array_index_nospec() macro returns zero if "arg" is out of bounds so this works, but the dead code is confusing and it doesn't look very intentional. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This applies to net, but it's just a clean up. net/atm/lec.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/atm/lec.c b/net/atm/lec.c index ad4f829193f0..a0311493b01b 100644 --- a/net/atm/lec.c +++ b/net/atm/lec.c @@ -726,9 +726,7 @@ static int lecd_attach(struct atm_vcc *vcc, int arg) struct lec_priv *priv; if (arg < 0) - i = 0; - else - i = arg; + arg = 0; if (arg >= MAX_LEC_ITF) return -EINVAL; i = array_index_nospec(arg, MAX_LEC_ITF); -- 2.18.0
