The info pointer checks in assign_irq_vector_policy() are pointless because the pointer cannot be NULL, otherwise the calling code would already crash. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c =================================================================== --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int assign_irq_vector_policy(int struct irq_alloc_info *info, struct irq_data *irqd) { - if (info && info->mask) + if (info->mask) return assign_irq_vector(irq, apicd, info->mask, irqd); if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE && assign_irq_vector(irq, apicd, cpumask_of_node(node), irqd) == 0)