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/infiniband/core/device.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 07cb6c5ffda0..84be4bb9b625 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -2235,8 +2235,7 @@ struct net_device *ib_device_get_netdev(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
spin_lock(&pdata->netdev_lock);
res = rcu_dereference_protected(
pdata->netdev, lockdep_is_held(&pdata->netdev_lock));
- if (res)
- dev_hold(res);
+ dev_hold(res);
spin_unlock(&pdata->netdev_lock);
}
--
2.43.2
