Error code is already returned earlier if filter exists at specified location. So, remove dead code trying to free existing filter.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Goudar <ganes...@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkire...@chelsio.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c index 3177b0c..db92f18 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c @@ -1335,12 +1335,6 @@ int __cxgb4_set_filter(struct net_device *dev, int filter_id, return ret; } - /* Clear out any old resources being used by the filter before - * we start constructing the new filter. - */ - if (f->valid) - clear_filter(adapter, f); - if (is_t6(adapter->params.chip) && fs->type && ipv6_addr_type((const struct in6_addr *)fs->val.lip) != IPV6_ADDR_ANY) { -- 2.1.0