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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>virtio: wrap config-&gt;reset calls</title>
<updated>2022-01-14T23:50:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael S. Tsirkin</name>
<email>mst@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-13T10:55:44+00:00</published>
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This will enable cleanups down the road.
The idea is to disable cbs, then add "flush_queued_cbs" callback
as a parameter, this way drivers can flush any work
queued after callbacks have been disabled.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211013105226.20225-1-mst@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
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This will enable cleanups down the road.
The idea is to disable cbs, then add "flush_queued_cbs" callback
as a parameter, this way drivers can flush any work
queued after callbacks have been disabled.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211013105226.20225-1-mst@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@redhat.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'net-5.14-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2021-07-14T16:24:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-07-14T16:24:32+00:00</published>
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Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski.
 "Including fixes from bpf and netfilter.

  Current release - regressions:

   - sock: fix parameter order in sock_setsockopt()

  Current release - new code bugs:

   - netfilter: nft_last:
       - fix incorrect arithmetic when restoring last used
       - honor NFTA_LAST_SET on restoration

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - udp: properly flush normal packet at GRO time

   - sfc: ensure correct number of XDP queues; don't allow enabling the
     feature if there isn't sufficient resources to Tx from any CPU

   - dsa: sja1105: fix address learning getting disabled on the CPU port

   - mptcp: addresses a rmem accounting issue that could keep packets in
     subflow receive buffers longer than necessary, delaying MPTCP-level
     ACKs

   - ip_tunnel: fix mtu calculation for ETHER tunnel devices

   - do not reuse skbs allocated from skbuff_fclone_cache in the napi
     skb cache, we'd try to return them to the wrong slab cache

   - tcp: consistently disable header prediction for mptcp

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - bpf: fix subprog poke descriptor tracking use-after-free

   - ipv6:
       - allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2() in case
         iptables TEE is used
       - tcp: drop silly ICMPv6 packet too big messages to avoid
         expensive and pointless lookups (which may serve as a DDOS
         vector)
       - make sure fwmark is copied in SYNACK packets
       - fix 'disable_policy' for forwarded packets (align with IPv4)

   - netfilter: conntrack:
       - do not renew entry stuck in tcp SYN_SENT state
       - do not mark RST in the reply direction coming after SYN packet
         for an out-of-sync entry

   - mptcp: cleanly handle error conditions with MP_JOIN and syncookies

   - mptcp: fix double free when rejecting a join due to port mismatch

   - validate lwtstate-&gt;data before returning from skb_tunnel_info()

   - tcp: call sk_wmem_schedule before sk_mem_charge in zerocopy path

   - mt76: mt7921: continue to probe driver when fw already downloaded

   - bonding: fix multiple issues with offloading IPsec to (thru?) bond

   - stmmac: ptp: fix issues around Qbv support and setting time back

   - bcmgenet: always clear wake-up based on energy detection

  Misc:

   - sctp: move 198 addresses from unusable to private scope

   - ptp: support virtual clocks and timestamping

   - openvswitch: optimize operation for key comparison"

* tag 'net-5.14-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (158 commits)
  net: dsa: properly check for the bridge_leave methods in dsa_switch_bridge_leave()
  sfc: add logs explaining XDP_TX/REDIRECT is not available
  sfc: ensure correct number of XDP queues
  sfc: fix lack of XDP TX queues - error XDP TX failed (-22)
  net: fddi: fix UAF in fza_probe
  net: dsa: sja1105: fix address learning getting disabled on the CPU port
  net: ocelot: fix switchdev objects synced for wrong netdev with LAG offload
  net: Use nlmsg_unicast() instead of netlink_unicast()
  octeontx2-pf: Fix uninitialized boolean variable pps
  ipv6: allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2()
  net: hdlc: rename 'mod_init' &amp; 'mod_exit' functions to be module-specific
  net: bridge: multicast: fix MRD advertisement router port marking race
  net: bridge: multicast: fix PIM hello router port marking race
  net: phy: marvell10g: fix differentiation of 88X3310 from 88X3340
  dsa: fix for_each_child.cocci warnings
  virtio_net: check virtqueue_add_sgs() return value
  mptcp: properly account bulk freed memory
  selftests: mptcp: fix case multiple subflows limited by server
  mptcp: avoid processing packet if a subflow reset
  mptcp: fix syncookie process if mptcp can not_accept new subflow
  ...
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<pre>
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski.
 "Including fixes from bpf and netfilter.

  Current release - regressions:

   - sock: fix parameter order in sock_setsockopt()

  Current release - new code bugs:

   - netfilter: nft_last:
       - fix incorrect arithmetic when restoring last used
       - honor NFTA_LAST_SET on restoration

  Previous releases - regressions:

   - udp: properly flush normal packet at GRO time

   - sfc: ensure correct number of XDP queues; don't allow enabling the
     feature if there isn't sufficient resources to Tx from any CPU

   - dsa: sja1105: fix address learning getting disabled on the CPU port

   - mptcp: addresses a rmem accounting issue that could keep packets in
     subflow receive buffers longer than necessary, delaying MPTCP-level
     ACKs

   - ip_tunnel: fix mtu calculation for ETHER tunnel devices

   - do not reuse skbs allocated from skbuff_fclone_cache in the napi
     skb cache, we'd try to return them to the wrong slab cache

   - tcp: consistently disable header prediction for mptcp

  Previous releases - always broken:

   - bpf: fix subprog poke descriptor tracking use-after-free

   - ipv6:
       - allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2() in case
         iptables TEE is used
       - tcp: drop silly ICMPv6 packet too big messages to avoid
         expensive and pointless lookups (which may serve as a DDOS
         vector)
       - make sure fwmark is copied in SYNACK packets
       - fix 'disable_policy' for forwarded packets (align with IPv4)

   - netfilter: conntrack:
       - do not renew entry stuck in tcp SYN_SENT state
       - do not mark RST in the reply direction coming after SYN packet
         for an out-of-sync entry

   - mptcp: cleanly handle error conditions with MP_JOIN and syncookies

   - mptcp: fix double free when rejecting a join due to port mismatch

   - validate lwtstate-&gt;data before returning from skb_tunnel_info()

   - tcp: call sk_wmem_schedule before sk_mem_charge in zerocopy path

   - mt76: mt7921: continue to probe driver when fw already downloaded

   - bonding: fix multiple issues with offloading IPsec to (thru?) bond

   - stmmac: ptp: fix issues around Qbv support and setting time back

   - bcmgenet: always clear wake-up based on energy detection

  Misc:

   - sctp: move 198 addresses from unusable to private scope

   - ptp: support virtual clocks and timestamping

   - openvswitch: optimize operation for key comparison"

* tag 'net-5.14-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (158 commits)
  net: dsa: properly check for the bridge_leave methods in dsa_switch_bridge_leave()
  sfc: add logs explaining XDP_TX/REDIRECT is not available
  sfc: ensure correct number of XDP queues
  sfc: fix lack of XDP TX queues - error XDP TX failed (-22)
  net: fddi: fix UAF in fza_probe
  net: dsa: sja1105: fix address learning getting disabled on the CPU port
  net: ocelot: fix switchdev objects synced for wrong netdev with LAG offload
  net: Use nlmsg_unicast() instead of netlink_unicast()
  octeontx2-pf: Fix uninitialized boolean variable pps
  ipv6: allocate enough headroom in ip6_finish_output2()
  net: hdlc: rename 'mod_init' &amp; 'mod_exit' functions to be module-specific
  net: bridge: multicast: fix MRD advertisement router port marking race
  net: bridge: multicast: fix PIM hello router port marking race
  net: phy: marvell10g: fix differentiation of 88X3310 from 88X3340
  dsa: fix for_each_child.cocci warnings
  virtio_net: check virtqueue_add_sgs() return value
  mptcp: properly account bulk freed memory
  selftests: mptcp: fix case multiple subflows limited by server
  mptcp: avoid processing packet if a subflow reset
  mptcp: fix syncookie process if mptcp can not_accept new subflow
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'tty-5.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty</title>
<updated>2021-07-05T21:08:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-07-05T21:08:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=c932ed0adb09a7fa6d6649ee04dd78c83ab07ada'/>
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Pull tty / serial updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of tty and serial driver patches for 5.14-rc1.

  A bit more than normal, but nothing major, lots of cleanups.
  Highlights are:

   - lots of tty api cleanups and mxser driver cleanups from Jiri

   - build warning fixes

   - various serial driver updates

   - coding style cleanups

   - various tty driver minor fixes and updates

   - removal of broken and disable r3964 line discipline (finally!)

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'tty-5.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (227 commits)
  serial: mvebu-uart: remove unused member nb from struct mvebu_uart
  arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: Fix reg for standard variant of UART
  dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: fix documentation
  serial: mvebu-uart: correctly calculate minimal possible baudrate
  serial: mvebu-uart: do not allow changing baudrate when uartclk is not available
  serial: mvebu-uart: fix calculation of clock divisor
  tty: make linux/tty_flip.h self-contained
  serial: Prefer unsigned int to bare use of unsigned
  serial: 8250: 8250_omap: Fix possible interrupt storm on K3 SoCs
  serial: qcom_geni_serial: use DT aliases according to DT bindings
  Revert "tty: serial: Add UART driver for Cortina-Access platform"
  tty: serial: Add UART driver for Cortina-Access platform
  MAINTAINERS: add me back as mxser maintainer
  mxser: Documentation, fix typos
  mxser: Documentation, make the docs up-to-date
  mxser: Documentation, remove traces of callout device
  mxser: introduce mxser_16550A_or_MUST helper
  mxser: rename flags to old_speed in mxser_set_serial_info
  mxser: use port variable in mxser_set_serial_info
  mxser: access info-&gt;MCR under info-&gt;slock
  ...
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<pre>
Pull tty / serial updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of tty and serial driver patches for 5.14-rc1.

  A bit more than normal, but nothing major, lots of cleanups.
  Highlights are:

   - lots of tty api cleanups and mxser driver cleanups from Jiri

   - build warning fixes

   - various serial driver updates

   - coding style cleanups

   - various tty driver minor fixes and updates

   - removal of broken and disable r3964 line discipline (finally!)

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'tty-5.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (227 commits)
  serial: mvebu-uart: remove unused member nb from struct mvebu_uart
  arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: Fix reg for standard variant of UART
  dt-bindings: mvebu-uart: fix documentation
  serial: mvebu-uart: correctly calculate minimal possible baudrate
  serial: mvebu-uart: do not allow changing baudrate when uartclk is not available
  serial: mvebu-uart: fix calculation of clock divisor
  tty: make linux/tty_flip.h self-contained
  serial: Prefer unsigned int to bare use of unsigned
  serial: 8250: 8250_omap: Fix possible interrupt storm on K3 SoCs
  serial: qcom_geni_serial: use DT aliases according to DT bindings
  Revert "tty: serial: Add UART driver for Cortina-Access platform"
  tty: serial: Add UART driver for Cortina-Access platform
  MAINTAINERS: add me back as mxser maintainer
  mxser: Documentation, fix typos
  mxser: Documentation, make the docs up-to-date
  mxser: Documentation, remove traces of callout device
  mxser: introduce mxser_16550A_or_MUST helper
  mxser: rename flags to old_speed in mxser_set_serial_info
  mxser: use port variable in mxser_set_serial_info
  mxser: access info-&gt;MCR under info-&gt;slock
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: remove the caif_hsi driver</title>
<updated>2021-07-01T20:19:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-07-01T08:15:09+00:00</published>
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The caif_hsi driver relies on a cfhsi_get_ops symbol using symbol_get,
but this symbol is not provided anywhere in the kernel tree.  Remove
this driver given that it is dead code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The caif_hsi driver relies on a cfhsi_get_ops symbol using symbol_get,
but this symbol is not provided anywhere in the kernel tree.  Remove
this driver given that it is dead code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2021-06-19T02:47:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-19T02:47:02+00:00</published>
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Trivial conflicts in net/can/isotp.c and
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh

scaled_ppm_to_ppb() was moved from drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
to include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h in -next so re-apply
the fix there.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Trivial conflicts in net/can/isotp.c and
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh

scaled_ppm_to_ppb() was moved from drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
to include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h in -next so re-apply
the fix there.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_open</title>
<updated>2021-06-14T19:28:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pavel Skripkin</name>
<email>paskripkin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-12T14:51:22+00:00</published>
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Syzbot reported memory leak in tty_init_dev().
The problem was in unputted tty in ldisc_open()

static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
...
	ser-&gt;tty = tty_kref_get(tty);
...
	result = register_netdevice(dev);
	if (result) {
		rtnl_unlock();
		free_netdev(dev);
		return -ENODEV;
	}
...
}

Ser pointer is netdev private_data, so after free_netdev()
this pointer goes away with unputted tty reference. So, fix
it by adding tty_kref_put() before freeing netdev.

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+f303e045423e617d2cad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin &lt;paskripkin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<pre>
Syzbot reported memory leak in tty_init_dev().
The problem was in unputted tty in ldisc_open()

static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
...
	ser-&gt;tty = tty_kref_get(tty);
...
	result = register_netdevice(dev);
	if (result) {
		rtnl_unlock();
		free_netdev(dev);
		return -ENODEV;
	}
...
}

Ser pointer is netdev private_data, so after free_netdev()
this pointer goes away with unputted tty reference. So, fix
it by adding tty_kref_put() before freeing netdev.

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+f303e045423e617d2cad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin &lt;paskripkin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge 5.13-rc4 into tty-next</title>
<updated>2021-05-31T07:44:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Greg Kroah-Hartman</name>
<email>gregkh@linuxfoundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-31T07:44:28+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
We need the tty/serial fixes in here as well.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
We need the tty/serial fixes in here as well.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2021-05-27T16:55:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-27T16:22:11+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=5ada57a9a6b0be0e6dfcbd4afa519b0347fd5649'/>
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<content type='text'>
cdc-wdm: s/kill_urbs/poison_urbs/ to fix build

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
cdc-wdm: s/kill_urbs/poison_urbs/ to fix build

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>caif_virtio: Fix some typos in caif_virtio.c</title>
<updated>2021-05-21T20:29:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wang Hai</name>
<email>wanghai38@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-21T03:24:55+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ae8102b87b9a91f401841513ceab4fc2c0e14787'/>
<id>ae8102b87b9a91f401841513ceab4fc2c0e14787</id>
<content type='text'>
s/patckets/packets/
s/avilable/available/
s/tbe/the/

Signed-off-by: Wang Hai &lt;wanghai38@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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s/patckets/packets/
s/avilable/available/
s/tbe/the/

Signed-off-by: Wang Hai &lt;wanghai38@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: caif: remove BUG_ON(dev == NULL) in caif_xmit</title>
<updated>2021-05-13T15:30:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Du Cheng</name>
<email>ducheng2@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-03T11:56:46+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=65a67792e3416f7c5d7daa47d99334cbb19a7449'/>
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<content type='text'>
The condition of dev == NULL is impossible in caif_xmit(), hence it is
for the removal.

Explanation:
The static caif_xmit() is only called upon via a function pointer
`ndo_start_xmit` defined in include/linux/netdevice.h:
```
struct net_device_ops {
    ...
    netdev_tx_t     (*ndo_start_xmit)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
    ...
}
```

The exhausive list of call points are:
```
drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_command.c
    dev-&gt;netdev_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
    ^                                    ^

drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
    struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter = opa_vnic_priv(netdev);
			     ^                       ^
    return adapter-&gt;rn_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, netdev); // adapter would crash first
	   ^                                    ^

drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
    ncm-&gt;netdev-&gt;netdev_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(NULL, ncm-&gt;netdev);
	      ^                                   ^

include/linux/netdevice.h
static inline netdev_tx_t __netdev_start_xmit(...
{
    return ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
				    ^
}

    const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev-&gt;netdev_ops;
				       ^
    rc = __netdev_start_xmit(ops, skb, dev, more);
				       ^
```

In each of the enumerated scenarios, it is impossible for the NULL-valued dev to
reach the caif_xmit() without crashing the kernel earlier, therefore `BUG_ON(dev ==
NULL)` is rather useless, hence the removal.

Cc: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Du Cheng &lt;ducheng2@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210503115736.2104747-20-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The condition of dev == NULL is impossible in caif_xmit(), hence it is
for the removal.

Explanation:
The static caif_xmit() is only called upon via a function pointer
`ndo_start_xmit` defined in include/linux/netdevice.h:
```
struct net_device_ops {
    ...
    netdev_tx_t     (*ndo_start_xmit)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
    ...
}
```

The exhausive list of call points are:
```
drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_command.c
    dev-&gt;netdev_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
    ^                                    ^

drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
    struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter = opa_vnic_priv(netdev);
			     ^                       ^
    return adapter-&gt;rn_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, netdev); // adapter would crash first
	   ^                                    ^

drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
    ncm-&gt;netdev-&gt;netdev_ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(NULL, ncm-&gt;netdev);
	      ^                                   ^

include/linux/netdevice.h
static inline netdev_tx_t __netdev_start_xmit(...
{
    return ops-&gt;ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
				    ^
}

    const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev-&gt;netdev_ops;
				       ^
    rc = __netdev_start_xmit(ops, skb, dev, more);
				       ^
```

In each of the enumerated scenarios, it is impossible for the NULL-valued dev to
reach the caif_xmit() without crashing the kernel earlier, therefore `BUG_ON(dev ==
NULL)` is rather useless, hence the removal.

Cc: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Du Cheng &lt;ducheng2@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210503115736.2104747-20-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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