GCC even warns about it, as reported by Andrew Morton:
net/ipv4/tcp.c: In function 'do_tcp_getsockopt':
net/ipv4/tcp.c:2544: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
                        ctd.tcpct_cookie_desired = cvp->cookie_desired;
                        ctd.tcpct_s_data_desired = cvp->s_data_desired;
 
-                       /* Cookie(s) saved, return as nonce */
-                       if (sizeof(ctd.tcpct_value) < cvp->cookie_pair_size) {
-                               /* impossible? */
-                               return -EINVAL;
-                       }
                        memcpy(&ctd.tcpct_value[0], &cvp->cookie_pair[0],
                               cvp->cookie_pair_size);
                        ctd.tcpct_used = cvp->cookie_pair_size;