net/ixgbe: remove dead code

This patch fixes (Logically dead code) coverity issue.

Coverity issue: 353613
Fixes: 3c4270187518 ("net/ixgbe: support VF MAC address add/remove")

Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <guinanx.sun@intel.com>
Acked-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
index 493f0f2..afae21f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
@@ -772,9 +772,6 @@ ixgbe_set_vf_macvlan_msg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
                    IXGBE_VT_MSGINFO_SHIFT;
 
        if (index) {
-               if (new_mac == NULL)
-                       return -1;
-
                if (!rte_is_valid_assigned_ether_addr(
                        (struct rte_ether_addr *)new_mac)) {
                        PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "set invalid mac vf:%d\n", vf);