if golint is going to "fix" something, it better not complain about its own "fix"

Author: AshleyDumaine

internal/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go

@@ -83,16 +83,17 @@ func retryIfTransient(err error, logger logr.Logger) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 func fillCreateConfig(createConfig *linodego.InstanceCreateOptions, machineScope *scope.MachineScope) {
 	// This will only be empty if no interfaces or linodeInterfaces were specified in the LinodeMachine spec.
 	// In that case we default to legacy interfaces.
-	if createConfig.InterfaceGeneration == "" {
-		createConfig.InterfaceGeneration = linodego.GenerationLegacyConfig
-	} else if createConfig.InterfaceGeneration == linodego.GenerationLinode {
+	switch createConfig.InterfaceGeneration {
+	case linodego.GenerationLinode:
 		// networkHelper is only applicable for Linode interfaces.
 		// legacy interfaces have nework helper configured in reconcilePreflightConfigure at the instance level.
 		if machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.NetworkHelper != nil {
 			createConfig.NetworkHelper = machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.NetworkHelper
 		} else {
 			createConfig.NetworkHelper = ptr.To(true)
 		}
+	default:
+		createConfig.InterfaceGeneration = linodego.GenerationLegacyConfig
 	}
 
 	if machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.PrivateIP != nil {