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/hw/mlx5/main.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index c2b557e64290..2366c46eebc8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ static struct net_device *mlx5_ib_get_netdev(struct ib_device *device,
*/
read_lock(&ibdev->port[port_num - 1].roce.netdev_lock);
ndev = ibdev->port[port_num - 1].roce.netdev;
- if (ndev)
- dev_hold(ndev);
+ dev_hold(ndev);
read_unlock(&ibdev->port[port_num - 1].roce.netdev_lock);
out:
--
2.43.2
