Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:16:03 +0300 | From | Leon Romanovsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Remove NULL check before dev_{put, hold} |
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On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 02:21:20PM +0100, Jules Irenge wrote: > Coccinelle reports a warning > > WARNING: NULL check before dev_{put, hold} functions is not needed > > The reason is the call netdev_{put, hold} of dev_{put,hold} will check NULL > There is no need to check before using dev_{put, hold} > > Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c | 6 ++---- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c > index 8dfb57f712b0..f23d7116e6d8 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c > @@ -68,16 +68,14 @@ static int get_route_and_out_devs(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, > * while holding rcu read lock. Take the net_device for correctness > * sake. > */ > - if (uplink_upper) > - dev_hold(uplink_upper); > + dev_hold(uplink_upper);
I see same if (..) dev_hold() in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c too.
> rcu_read_unlock(); > > dst_is_lag_dev = (uplink_upper && > netif_is_lag_master(uplink_upper) && > real_dev == uplink_upper && > mlx5_lag_is_sriov(priv->mdev)); > - if (uplink_upper) > - dev_put(uplink_upper); > + dev_put(uplink_upper);
This pattern exists in other places in the same file and others too.
Let's change all of them in one patch.
Thanks
> > /* if the egress device isn't on the same HW e-switch or > * it's a LAG device, use the uplink > -- > 2.43.2 > >
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