ipv6: remove unnecessary inet6_sk check
authorDave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:53:18 +0000 (11:53 -0500)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:05:49 +0000 (12:05 -0500)
np is already assigned in the variable declaration of ping_v6_sendmsg.
At this point, we have already dereferenced np several times, so the
NULL check is also redundant.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/ping.c

index e1f8b34d7a2ef8fb232826747d2ffe6652c1cb06..9b522fa90e6d8f4a87ebed7cf574a36ceea89c61 100644 (file)
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ static int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
                return PTR_ERR(dst);
        rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
-       np = inet6_sk(sk);
-       if (!np) {
-               err = -EBADF;
-               goto dst_err_out;
-       }
-
        if (!fl6.flowi6_oif && ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
                fl6.flowi6_oif = np->mcast_oif;
        else if (!fl6.flowi6_oif)
@@ -166,7 +160,6 @@ static int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
        }
        release_sock(sk);
 
-dst_err_out:
        dst_release(dst);
 
        if (err)