Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet/nvidia: fix possible condition with no effect

[Andrew Lunn]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 10:35:39AM +0000, Praghadeesh T K S wrote:
> Fix Coccinelle bug, removed condition with no effect.

This is not a coccinelle bug. If it was, you would be patching
coccinelle, not the kernel.

> Signed-off-by: Praghadeesh T K S <praghadeeshthevendria@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> index 5116bad..8e49cfa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
> @@ -3471,9 +3471,6 @@ static int nv_update_linkspeed(struct net_device *dev)
>  	} else if (adv_lpa & LPA_10FULL) {
>  		newls = NVREG_LINKSPEED_FORCE|NVREG_LINKSPEED_10;
>  		newdup = 1;
> -	} else if (adv_lpa & LPA_10HALF) {
> -		newls = NVREG_LINKSPEED_FORCE|NVREG_LINKSPEED_10;
> -		newdup = 0;
>  	} else {
>  		newls = NVREG_LINKSPEED_FORCE|NVREG_LINKSPEED_10;
>  		newdup = 0;

Please google this, see the past discussion about why this code is
there.

	Andrew