From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753995AbdEDPDa (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2017 11:03:30 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:55590 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752687AbdEDPBw (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2017 11:01:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 11:01:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20170504.110147.2043314141111893708.davem@davemloft.net> To: colin.king@canonical.com Cc: jhs@mojatatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/sched: remove redundant null check on head From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20170503135040.32023-1-colin.king@canonical.com> References: <20170503135040.32023-1-colin.king@canonical.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 04 May 2017 07:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Colin King Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 14:50:40 +0100 > From: Colin Ian King > > head is previously null checked and so the 2nd null check on head > is redundant and therefore can be removed. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1399505 ("Logically dead code") > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Applied.