From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] IBM-EMAC: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "of_dev_put" Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:29:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20150204.202958.1260717828060513191.davem@davemloft.net> References: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <54D118BA.3080001@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, julia.lawall@lip6.fr To: elfring@users.sourceforge.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54D118BA.3080001@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: SF Markus Elfring Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:51:38 +0100 > From: Markus Elfring > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:47:33 +0100 > > The of_dev_put() 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 Applied.