Agreed, we will implement your suggestions in the ACPICA code (which is in a different format than the Linux version). > -----Original Message----- > From: SF Markus Elfring [mailto:elfring@users.sourceforge.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:23 AM > To: Len Brown; Zheng, Lv; Wysocki, Rafael J; Moore, Robert; linux- > acpi@vger.kernel.org; devel@acpica.org > Cc: LKML; kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org; Julia Lawall > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: Delete unnecessary checks before the function > call "acpi_ut_strupr" > > From: Markus Elfring > Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 16:12:32 +0100 > > The acpi_ut_strupr() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then > returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring > --- > drivers/acpi/acpica/dbcmds.c | 9 ++------- > drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c | 5 +---- > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbcmds.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbcmds.c > index 30414b3..7dcc95a 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbcmds.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbcmds.c > @@ -1131,13 +1131,8 @@ void acpi_db_trace(char *enable_arg, char > *method_arg, char *once_arg) > u32 debug_layer = 0; > u32 flags = 0; > > - if (enable_arg) { > - acpi_ut_strupr(enable_arg); > - } > - > - if (once_arg) { > - acpi_ut_strupr(once_arg); > - } > + acpi_ut_strupr(enable_arg); > + acpi_ut_strupr(once_arg); > > if (method_arg) { > if (acpi_db_trace_method_name) { > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c > index 0480254..aa1dcee 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c > @@ -622,10 +622,7 @@ static u32 acpi_db_get_line(char *input_buffer) > } > > /* Uppercase the actual command */ > - > - if (acpi_gbl_db_args[0]) { > - acpi_ut_strupr(acpi_gbl_db_args[0]); > - } > + acpi_ut_strupr(acpi_gbl_db_args[0]); > > count = i; > if (count) { > -- > 2.6.2 {.n++%ݶw{.n+{G{ayʇڙ,jfhz_(階ݢj"mG?&~iOzv^m ?I