[PATCH net-next v17 12/14] net: ethtool: strset: Remove unnecessary check on genl_info

From: Maxime Chevallier
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 02:34:49 EST


All call paths coming from genetlink initialize the genl_info structure,
so that command handlers may use them.

Remove an un-needed check for NULL when crafting error messages in the
strset command. This prevents smatch from assuming this pointer may be
NULL, and therefore warn if it's being used without a NULL check.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202407030529.aOYGI0u2-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
---
net/ethtool/strset.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/strset.c b/net/ethtool/strset.c
index c678b484a079..56b99606f00b 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/strset.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/strset.c
@@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ static int strset_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
for (i = 0; i < ETH_SS_COUNT; i++) {
if ((req_info->req_ids & (1U << i)) &&
data->sets[i].per_dev) {
- if (info)
- GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "requested per device strings without dev");
+ GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "requested per device strings without dev");
return -EINVAL;
}
}
--
2.45.1