Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: rnpgbe: Delete a null pointer check in rnpgbe_rm_adapter()
Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:07:50 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 10:38:32AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:20:15 +0200 > > The check for the pointer “mucse” was identified as redundant because > the relevant address information was preserved according to calls of > the functions “pci_set_drvdata” and “pci_get_drvdata”. > Thus remove it. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > See also: > Reconsidering pointer dereferences before null pointer checks (with SmPL) > 2023-04-09 > https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/[email protected]/ > https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2023-04/msg00021.html > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> Andrew