ax25: remove unneeded NULL test in ax_xmit() We get a static checker warning here on devel kernels: drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c:560 ax_xmit() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'skb' (see line 532) It turns out that the NULL check can be deleted. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c index 17058c4..2ffbf13 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
@@ -557,11 +557,9 @@ } /* We were not busy, so we are now... :-) */ - if (skb != NULL) { - netif_stop_queue(dev); - ax_encaps(dev, skb->data, skb->len); - kfree_skb(skb); - } + netif_stop_queue(dev); + ax_encaps(dev, skb->data, skb->len); + kfree_skb(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; }