[PATCH v2] net: wwan: iosm: drop redundant skb->data check in MUX DL decode

From
Fang Xieyan <hidden>
Date
2026-11-03 14:59:37
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The skb passed to ipc_mux_dl_decode() through the current RX path
always has a valid data pointer.

The only caller, ipc_imem_dl_skb_process(), checks for a NULL skb
before calling ipc_mux_dl_decode(). The skb is allocated through
ipc_pcie_alloc_skb() -> ipc_pcie_alloc_local_skb() ->
__netdev_alloc_skb(), which provides a valid data buffer on
successful allocation. Allocation or DMA mapping failures return
a NULL skb instead.

Remove the redundant skb->data check.

Suggested-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Guanglei Zhu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Fang Xieyan <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop the "fix potential skb leak" approach. The skb->data NULL
  condition is unreachable through the current RX path, so remove
  the redundant check instead of adding an ipc_pcie_kfree_skb() call.
- Drop the Fixes: tag because this patch does not fix a reachable bug.

 drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux_codec.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux_codec.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux_codec.c
index 0bbd41263cc2..2b8a22980c87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux_codec.c
@@ -693,9 +693,6 @@ void ipc_mux_dl_decode(struct iosm_mux *ipc_mux, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	u32 signature;
 
-	if (!skb->data)
-		return;
-
 	/* Decode the MUX header type. */
 	signature = le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)skb->data);
 
-- 
2.50.1
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