From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware" Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:07:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20150205.000702.1696491862930980641.davem@davemloft.net> References: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <54D1F6AF.2090408@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hariprasad@chelsio.com, 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: <54D1F6AF.2090408@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: kernel-janitors-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: SF Markus Elfring Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:38:39 +0100 > From: Markus Elfring > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:28:43 +0100 > > The release_firmware() 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.