This is basically just to let Coverity et al shut up. Remove an
unneeded NULL check in sctp_assoc_update_retran_path().
It is safe to remove it, because in sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
we iterate over the list of transports, our own transport which is
asoc->peer.retran_path included. In the iteration, we skip the
list head element and transports in state SCTP_UNCONFIRMED.
Such transports came from peer addresses received in INIT/INIT-ACK
address parameters. They are not yet confirmed by a heartbeat and
not available for data transfers.
We know however that in the list of transports, even if it contains
such elements, it at least contains our asoc->peer.retran_path as
well, so even if next to that element, we only encounter
SCTP_UNCONFIRMED transports, we are always going to fall back to
asoc->peer.retran_path through sctp_trans_elect_best(), as that is
for sure not SCTP_UNCONFIRMED as per fbdf501c9374 ("sctp: Do no
select unconfirmed transports for retransmissions").
Whenever we call sctp_trans_elect_best() it will give us a non-NULL
element back, and therefore when we break out of the loop, we are
guaranteed to have a non-NULL transport pointer, and can remove
the NULL check.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/sctp/associola.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index ee13d28..4f6d6f9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -1319,8 +1319,7 @@ void sctp_assoc_update_retran_path(struct sctp_association *asoc)
break;
}
- if (trans_next != NULL)
- asoc->peer.retran_path = trans_next;
+ asoc->peer.retran_path = trans_next;
pr_debug("%s: association:%p updated new path to addr:%pISpc\n",
__func__, asoc, &asoc->peer.retran_path->ipaddr.sa);
--
1.8.3.1
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