Re: [PATCH net-next] team: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold}

From: Hangbin Liu
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 00:07:11 EST


On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 08:57:41AM +0800, Yang Li wrote:
> The call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put, hold} will check NULL,
> so there is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold},
> remove it to silence the warning:
>
> ./drivers/net/team/team.c:2325:3-10: WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed.
>
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=5991
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/net/team/team.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
> index d3dc22509ea5..bc50fc3f6913 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
> @@ -2321,8 +2321,7 @@ static struct team *team_nl_team_get(struct genl_info *info)
> ifindex = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[TEAM_ATTR_TEAM_IFINDEX]);
> dev = dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex);
> if (!dev || dev->netdev_ops != &team_netdev_ops) {
> - if (dev)
> - dev_put(dev);
> + dev_put(dev);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.20.1.7.g153144c
>