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    net: sctp: remove NULL check in sctp_assoc_update_retran_path · 433131ba
    Daniel Borkmann authored
    This is basically just to let Coverity et al shut up. Remove an
    unneeded NULL check in sctp_assoc_update_retran_path().
    
    It is safe to remove it, because in sctp_assoc_update_retran_path()
    we iterate over the list of transports, our own transport which is
    asoc->peer.retran_path included. In the iteration, we skip the
    list head element and transports in state SCTP_UNCONFIRMED.
    
    Such transports came from peer addresses received in INIT/INIT-ACK
    address parameters. They are not yet confirmed by a heartbeat and
    not available for data transfers.
    
    We know however that in the list of transports, even if it contains
    such elements, it at least contains our asoc->peer.retran_path as
    well, so even if next to that element, we only encounter
    SCTP_UNCONFIRMED transports, we are always going to fall back to
    asoc->peer.retran_path through sctp_trans_elect_best(), as that is
    for sure not SCTP_UNCONFIRMED as per fbdf501c
    
     ("sctp: Do no
    select unconfirmed transports for retransmissions").
    
    Whenever we call sctp_trans_elect_best() it will give us a non-NULL
    element back, and therefore when we break out of the loop, we are
    guaranteed to have a non-NULL transport pointer, and can remove
    the NULL check.
    
    Reported-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
    Reported-by: default avatarDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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