Re: [PATCH] s390/qeth: remove useless if/else

[Joe Perches]

On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 14:34 +0800, xiakaixu1987@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Kaixu Xia <kaixuxia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fix the following coccinelle report:
> 
> ./drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c:107:2-4: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else)
> 
> Both branches are the same, so remove them.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
[]
> @@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ static bool qeth_l3_is_addr_covered_by_ipato(struct qeth_card *card,
>  		qeth_l3_convert_addr_to_bits(ipatoe->addr, ipatoe_bits,
>  					  (ipatoe->proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4) ?
>  					  4 : 16);
> -		if (addr->proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4)
> -			rc = !memcmp(addr_bits, ipatoe_bits, ipatoe->mask_bits);
> -		else
> -			rc = !memcmp(addr_bits, ipatoe_bits, ipatoe->mask_bits);
> +		rc = !memcmp(addr_bits, ipatoe_bits, ipatoe->mask_bits);

It's not always best to remove one branch.

Is this a copy/paste defect or is it useless?
Do you know which?
If you do, you should state this in the commit message.