Smatch compains about qed_roce_ll2_tx() dereference of the 'cdev' variable while testing its validity later. As the validation checking is an over-kill [variable would always be set], simply remove it.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> Fixes: abd49676c707 ("qed: Add RoCE ll2 & GSI support") Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuval.mi...@caviumnetworks.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c index 76831a3..c73638c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_roce.c @@ -2809,11 +2809,6 @@ static int qed_roce_ll2_stop(struct qed_dev *cdev) struct qed_roce_ll2_info *roce_ll2 = hwfn->ll2; int rc; - if (!cdev) { - DP_ERR(cdev, "qed roce ll2 stop: invalid cdev\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } - if (roce_ll2->handle == QED_LL2_UNUSED_HANDLE) { DP_ERR(cdev, "qed roce ll2 stop: cannot stop an unused LL2\n"); return -EINVAL; @@ -2850,7 +2845,7 @@ static int qed_roce_ll2_tx(struct qed_dev *cdev, int rc; int i; - if (!cdev || !pkt || !params) { + if (!pkt || !params) { DP_ERR(cdev, "roce ll2 tx: failed tx because one of the following is NULL - drv=%p, pkt=%p, params=%p\n", cdev, pkt, params); -- 1.9.3