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[net-next] ipv6: Remove superfluous NULL pointer check in ipv6_local_rxpmtu

Message ID 20111011120102.GL1830@secunet.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Steffen Klassert Oct. 11, 2011, 12:01 p.m. UTC
The pointer to mtu_info is taken from the common buffer
of the skb, thus it can't be a NULL pointer. This patch
removes this check on mtu_info.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
---
 net/ipv6/datagram.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

David Miller Oct. 19, 2011, 3:51 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:01:02 +0200

> The pointer to mtu_info is taken from the common buffer
> of the skb, thus it can't be a NULL pointer. This patch
> removes this check on mtu_info.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index b46e9f8..e248069 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@  void ipv6_local_rxpmtu(struct sock *sk, struct flowi6 *fl6, u32 mtu)
 	ipv6_addr_copy(&iph->daddr, &fl6->daddr);
 
 	mtu_info = IP6CBMTU(skb);
-	if (!mtu_info) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	mtu_info->ip6m_mtu = mtu;
 	mtu_info->ip6m_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;