[PATCH net-next v2 03/11] net: stmmac: dwmac-qcom-ethqos: Drop an if with an always false condition

Uwe Kleine-König u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Mon May 8 07:26:29 PDT 2023


The remove callback is only ever called after .probe() returned
successfully. After that get_stmmac_bsp_priv() always return non-NULL.

Side note: The early exit would also be a bug because the return value
of qcom_ethqos_remove() is ignored by the device core and the device is
unbound unconditionally. So exiting early resulted in a dangerous
resource leak as all devm allocated resources (some memory and the
register mappings) are freed but the network device stays around.  Using
the network device afterwards probably oopses.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
index 494c22243259..bf17c6c8f2eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
@@ -667,11 +667,7 @@ static int qcom_ethqos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int qcom_ethqos_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos;
-
-	ethqos = get_stmmac_bsp_priv(&pdev->dev);
-	if (!ethqos)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos = get_stmmac_bsp_priv(&pdev->dev);
 
 	stmmac_pltfr_remove(pdev);
 	ethqos_clks_config(ethqos, false);
-- 
2.39.2




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