Jeff Morriss indicated the following and I obliged:

Actually I suppose what was meant is more about whether tp->name[0] is the NULL character (that is, that the name is empty).

But since the result of the lookup is already there in 'found' the whole condition can probably be taken out.


svn path=/trunk/; revision=43701

epan/addr_resolv.c

@@ -3022,13 +3022,10 @@ add_ether_byip(const guint ip, const guint8 *eth)
     return;
 
   tp = host_lookup(ip, &found);
-  if (tp == NULL)
-    return;
-
-  /* ok, we can add this entry in the ethers hashtable */
-
-  if (found)
+  if (found) {
+    /* ok, we can add this entry in the ethers hashtable */
     add_eth_name(eth, tp->name);
+  }
 
 } /* add_ether_byip */