FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ice: Delete always true check of PF pointer" failed to apply to 4.19-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ice: Delete always true check of PF pointer" failed to apply to 4.19-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 2ff04286a9569675948f39cec2c6ad47c3584633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 21:12:52 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ice: Delete always true check of PF pointer

PF pointer is always valid when PCI core calls its .shutdown() and
.remove() callbacks. There is no need to check it again.

Fixes: 837f08fdecbe ("ice: Add basic driver framework for Intel(R) E800 Series")
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 34e64533026a..aacc0b345bbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -4593,9 +4593,6 @@ static void ice_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct ice_pf *pf = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	int i;
 
-	if (!pf)
-		return;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ICE_MAX_RESET_WAIT; i++) {
 		if (!ice_is_reset_in_progress(pf->state))
 			break;