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tcp: Remove unnecessary null check in tcp_inbound_md5_hash()
authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:12:09 +0000 (15:12 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Fri, 24 Oct 2025 01:49:55 +0000 (18:49 -0700)
commit05774d7e4201b673b415d65a1344dc396e7c00e1
tree5cbb9e6e440a8e4a2604ad08840c86608de98e0c
parent9ff86092655f7a22cc115188e3bf1b88ef49ec9e
tcp: Remove unnecessary null check in tcp_inbound_md5_hash()

The 'if (!key && hash_location)' check in tcp_inbound_md5_hash() implies
that hash_location might be null.  However, later code in the function
dereferences hash_location anyway, without checking for null first.
Fortunately, there is no real bug, since tcp_inbound_md5_hash() is
called only with non-null values of hash_location.

Therefore, remove the unnecessary and misleading null check of
hash_location.  This silences a Smatch static checker warning
(https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/aPi4b6aWBbBR52P1@stanley.mountain/)

Also fix the related comment at the beginning of the function.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251022221209.19716-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv4/tcp.c