Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet/nvidia: fix possible condition with no effect

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Jun 27 2022 - 14:39:30 EST


On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 13:08:37 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 10:35:39AM +0000, Praghadeesh T K S wrote:
> > Fix Coccinelle bug, removed condition with no effect.
>
> This is not a coccinelle bug. If it was, you would be patching
> coccinelle, not the kernel.

I'd say the commit message is better than the commit ;)
Praghadeesh, could you fix Coccinelle to avoid matching:

if (/* case 1 */) {
/* BLOCK 1*/
} else (/* case 2 */ {
/* BLOCK 2 */
} else {
/* default == BLOCK 2 */
}

Because 99% of the time that construct is intentional.