sctp_transport_init() is static and never returns NULL. It is only called by sctp_transport_new(), so change it to void and remove the redundant return value check. Signed-off-by: Huiwen He --- net/sctp/transport.c | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c index 4d258a6e8033..97da92390aa7 100644 --- a/net/sctp/transport.c +++ b/net/sctp/transport.c @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ /* 1st Level Abstractions. */ /* Initialize a new transport from provided memory. */ -static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct net *net, - struct sctp_transport *peer, - const union sctp_addr *addr, - gfp_t gfp) +static void sctp_transport_init(struct net *net, + struct sctp_transport *peer, + const union sctp_addr *addr, + gfp_t gfp) { /* Copy in the address. */ peer->af_specific = sctp_get_af_specific(addr->sa.sa_family); @@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct net *net, get_random_bytes(&peer->hb_nonce, sizeof(peer->hb_nonce)); refcount_set(&peer->refcnt, 1); - - return peer; } /* Allocate and initialize a new transport. */ @@ -98,16 +96,12 @@ struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_new(struct net *net, if (!transport) goto fail; - if (!sctp_transport_init(net, transport, addr, gfp)) - goto fail_init; + sctp_transport_init(net, transport, addr, gfp); SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_INC(transport); return transport; -fail_init: - kfree(transport); - fail: return NULL; } -- 2.25.1