The call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put, hold} will check NULL, so there is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold}, remove it to silence the warning: ./drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:375:2-9: WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=7047 Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c index 87b8cd657fb3..4900a0848124 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c @@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ static int fill_port_info(struct sk_buff *msg, } out: - if (netdev) - dev_put(netdev); + dev_put(netdev); return ret; } -- 2.20.1.7.g153144c