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ipv6: Remove superfluous NULL pointer check in ipv6_local_rxpmtu

PATCH Applied Steffen Klassert 2 participants 2 messages Oct 11, 2011 – Oct 19, 2011

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PATCH 1/1 ipv6: Remove superfluous NULL pointer check in ipv6_local_rxpmtu

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 <[email protected]>
---
 net/ipv6/datagram.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
net/ipv6/datagram.c +0 -4
index b46e9f8..e248069 100644
@@ -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;
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