This code generates a Smatch warning: net/ethtool/linkinfo.c:143 ethnl_set_linkinfo() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'info' (see line 119) Fortunately, the "info" pointer is never NULL so the check can be removed. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ethtool/linkinfo.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c index 677068deb68c0..5eaf173eaaca5 100644 --- a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c +++ b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c @@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ int ethnl_set_linkinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings); if (ret < 0) { - if (info) - GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings"); + GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings"); goto out_ops; } lsettings = &ksettings.base; -- 2.26.2