Coccinelle reports a warning
WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed
The reason is the call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put,hold} will check NULL
There is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold}
Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
index 8dfb57f712b0..f23d7116e6d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
@@ -68,16 +68,14 @@ static int get_route_and_out_devs(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
* while holding rcu read lock. Take the net_device for correctness
* sake.
*/
- if (uplink_upper)
- dev_hold(uplink_upper);
+ dev_hold(uplink_upper);
rcu_read_unlock();
dst_is_lag_dev = (uplink_upper &&
netif_is_lag_master(uplink_upper) &&
real_dev == uplink_upper &&
mlx5_lag_is_sriov(priv->mdev));
- if (uplink_upper)
- dev_put(uplink_upper);
+ dev_put(uplink_upper);
/* if the egress device isn't on the same HW e-switch or
* it's a LAG device, use the uplink
--
2.43.2
