Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix coverity issue

[Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>]

On 02/10, Guinan Sun wrote:
>This patch fixes (Logically dead code) coverity issue.
>
>Coverity issue: 353613
>Fixes: 3c4270187518 ("net/ixgbe: support VF MAC address add/remove")
>
>Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <guinanx.sun@intel.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>index 493f0f2b9..afae21f81 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
>@@ -772,9 +772,6 @@ ixgbe_set_vf_macvlan_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
> 		    IXGBE_VT_MSGINFO_SHIFT;
> 
> 	if (index) {
>-		if (new_mac == NULL)
>-			return -1;
>-
> 		if (!rte_is_valid_assigned_ether_addr(
> 			(struct rte_ether_addr *)new_mac)) {
> 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "set invalid mac vf:%d\n", vf);
>-- 
>2.17.1
>

Acked-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel, Thanks.