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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: caif: remove redundant null check on frontpkt
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:50:58 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:19:16 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> It is impossible for frontpkt to be null at the point of the null
> check because it has been assigned from rearpkt and there is no
> way realpkt can be null at the point of the assignment because
> of the sanity checking and exit paths taken previously. Remove
> the redundant null check.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#114434 ("Logically dead code")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Appied to net-next with typo fixed.

Thanks.