This code generates a Smatch warning:

    net/ethtool/linkinfo.c:143 ethnl_set_linkinfo()
    warn: variable dereferenced before check 'info' (see line 119)

Fortunately, the "info" pointer is never NULL so the check can be
removed.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com>
---
 net/ethtool/linkinfo.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
index 677068deb68c0..5eaf173eaaca5 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ int ethnl_set_linkinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
genl_info *info)
 
        ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               if (info)
-                       GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link 
settings");
+               GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
                goto out_ops;
        }
        lsettings = &ksettings.base;
-- 
2.26.2

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