From: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:35:33 -0700 > ipheth_carrier_set() is called from two locations. In > ipheth_carrier_check_work(), its parameter 'dev' is set with > container_of(work, ...) and can not be NULL. In ipheth_open(), > dev is extracted from netdev_priv(net) and dereferenced before > the call to ipheth_carrier_set(). The NULL pointer check of dev > in ipheth_carrier_set() is therefore unnecessary and can be removed. > > Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied to net-next.