Re: [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] net/virtio: remove useless pointers checks

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

On 06/05, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>This patch removes uses checks on 'prev' pointer, as it

s/uses/useless/

>is always set before with a valid value.
>
>Reviewed-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
>Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>
>---
> drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c | 15 ++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>index 358cc86627..ca40ba9c5d 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
>@@ -1517,9 +1517,7 @@ virtio_recv_pkts_inorder(void *rx_queue,
> 
> 			rx_pkts[nb_rx]->pkt_len += (uint32_t)(len[i]);
> 
>-			if (prev)
>-				prev->next = rxm;
>-
>+			prev->next = rxm;
> 			prev = rxm;
> 			seg_res -= 1;
> 		}
>@@ -1701,9 +1699,7 @@ virtio_recv_mergeable_pkts(void *rx_queue,
> 
> 			rx_pkts[nb_rx]->pkt_len += (uint32_t)(len[i]);
> 
>-			if (prev)
>-				prev->next = rxm;
>-
>+			prev->next = rxm;
> 			prev = rxm;
> 			seg_res -= 1;
> 		}
>@@ -1876,9 +1872,7 @@ virtio_recv_mergeable_pkts_packed(void *rx_queue,
> 
> 			rx_pkts[nb_rx]->pkt_len += (uint32_t)(len[i]);
> 
>-			if (prev)
>-				prev->next = rxm;
>-
>+			prev->next = rxm;
> 			prev = rxm;
> 			seg_res -= 1;
> 		}
>@@ -1921,8 +1915,7 @@ virtio_recv_mergeable_pkts_packed(void *rx_queue,
> 		} else {
> 			PMD_RX_LOG(ERR,
> 					"No enough segments for packet.");
>-			if (prev)
>-				virtio_discard_rxbuf(vq, prev);
>+			virtio_discard_rxbuf(vq, prev);
> 			rxvq->stats.errors++;
> 			break;
> 		}
>-- 
>2.21.0
>