Re: [PATCH] igc: Remove unreachable break after return

[Joe Damato]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 07:04:51AM +0000, Hungyu Lin wrote:
> The break statement immediately following the return statement is
> unreachable and can never be executed.
> 
> Remove the redundant break statement.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> index 2c9e2dfd8499..6252d4b68f88 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> @@ -2528,7 +2528,6 @@ static int __igc_xdp_run_prog(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
>  		if (xdp_do_redirect(adapter->netdev, xdp, prog) < 0)
>  			goto out_failure;
>  		return IGC_XDP_REDIRECT;
> -		break;

Hm, from Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst:

  Netdev discourages patches which perform simple clean-ups, which are not in
  the context of other work.

I think this patch probably meets the definition of patches which are
discouraged.