Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: mcast: Remove redundant comparison in igmp6_mcf_get_next()

From: Gavrilov Ilia
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 02:56:37 EST


On 8/29/23 05:44, David Ahern wrote:
> On 8/28/23 5:18 AM, Gavrilov Ilia wrote:
>> The 'state->im' value will always be non-zero after
>> the 'while' statement, so the check can be removed.
>>
>> Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
>> (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>>
>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>> Signed-off-by: Gavrilov Ilia <Ilia.Gavrilov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> net/ipv6/mcast.c | 2 --
>> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
>> index 714cdc9e2b8e..9696343d0aa9 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
>> @@ -3013,8 +3013,6 @@ static struct ip6_sf_list *igmp6_mcf_get_next(struct seq_file *seq, struct ip6_s
>> continue;
>> state->im = rcu_dereference(state->idev->mc_list);
>> }
>> - if (!state->im)
>> - break;
>> psf = rcu_dereference(state->im->mca_sources);
>> }
>> out:
>
> agree the check is not needed, but I also believe it does not need to be
> backported. Since net-next is closed, resubmit after 9/11.
>
> --
> pw-bot: defer

I'll resend it after 9/11.
Thank you for the review!