net: hinic: Fix warning-hinic_set_vlan_fliter() warn: variable dereferenced before...

'hwdev' is checked too late and hwdev will not be NULL, so remove the check

Fixes: 2acf960e3be6 ("net: hinic: Add support for configuration of rx-vlan-filter by ethtool")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202309112354.pikZCmyk-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
index 9406237..f81a43d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c
@@ -456,9 +456,6 @@ int hinic_set_vlan_fliter(struct hinic_dev *nic_dev, u32 en)
        u16 out_size = sizeof(vlan_filter);
        int err;
 
-       if (!hwdev)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        vlan_filter.func_idx = HINIC_HWIF_FUNC_IDX(hwif);
        vlan_filter.enable = en;