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> --- Changes in v2: - Merge two previous patches into one as directed drivers/infiniband/core/device.c | 10 +++------- drivers/infiniband/core/lag.c | 3 +-- drivers/infiniband/core/roce_gid_mgmt.c | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c index 07cb6c5ffda0..55aa7aa32d4a 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c @@ -2174,8 +2174,7 @@ int ib_device_set_netdev(struct ib_device *ib_dev, struct net_device *ndev, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdata->netdev_lock, flags); add_ndev_hash(pdata); - if (old_ndev) - __dev_put(old_ndev); + __dev_put(old_ndev); return 0; } @@ -2235,8 +2234,7 @@ 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); } @@ -2311,9 +2309,7 @@ void ib_enum_roce_netdev(struct ib_device *ib_dev, if (filter(ib_dev, port, idev, filter_cookie)) cb(ib_dev, port, idev, cookie); - - if (idev) - dev_put(idev); + dev_put(idev); } } diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/lag.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/lag.c index eca6e37c72ba..8fd80adfe833 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/lag.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/lag.c @@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static struct net_device *rdma_get_xmit_slave_udp(struct ib_device *device, slave = netdev_get_xmit_slave(master, skb, !!(device->lag_flags & RDMA_LAG_FLAGS_HASH_ALL_SLAVES)); - if (slave) - dev_hold(slave); + dev_hold(slave); rcu_read_unlock(); kfree_skb(skb); return slave; diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/roce_gid_mgmt.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/roce_gid_mgmt.c index e958c43dd28f..d5131b3ba8ab 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/roce_gid_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/roce_gid_mgmt.c @@ -601,8 +601,7 @@ static void del_netdev_default_ips_join(struct ib_device *ib_dev, u32 port, rcu_read_lock(); master_ndev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(rdma_ndev); - if (master_ndev) - dev_hold(master_ndev); + dev_hold(master_ndev); rcu_read_unlock(); if (master_ndev) { -- 2.43.2