net/sfc: remove logically dead code

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / sfc / sfc_flow.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
index 23cf379..c3ea43a 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c
@@ -837,8 +837,7 @@ sfc_flow_parse_pattern(const struct rte_flow_item pattern[],
                return -rte_errno;
        }
 
-       for (; pattern != NULL &&
-              pattern->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; pattern++) {
+       for (; pattern->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; pattern++) {
                item = sfc_flow_get_item(pattern->type);
                if (item == NULL) {
                        rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
@@ -868,13 +867,6 @@ sfc_flow_parse_pattern(const struct rte_flow_item pattern[],
                        prev_layer = item->layer;
        }
 
-       if (pattern == NULL) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, NULL,
-                                  "NULL item");
-               return -rte_errno;
-       }
-
        return 0;
 }