+ ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check.patch added to -mm tree

+ ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     ip2: remove unneeded NULL check
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check.patch

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Subject: ip2: remove unneeded NULL check
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

We don't pass NULL tty pointers to the close function, and anyway we
already dereferenced it at this point.  This check can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c~ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c~ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check
+++ a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ ip2_close( PTTY tty, struct file *pFile 
 	/* disable DSS reporting */
 	i2QueueCommands(PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 4,
 				CMD_DCD_NREP, CMD_CTS_NREP, CMD_DSR_NREP, CMD_RI_NREP);
-	if ( !tty || (tty->termios->c_cflag & HUPCL) ) {
+	if (tty->termios->c_cflag & HUPCL) {
 		i2QueueCommands(PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 2, CMD_RTSDN, CMD_DTRDN);
 		pCh->dataSetOut &= ~(I2_DTR | I2_RTS);
 		i2QueueCommands( PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 1, CMD_PAUSE(25));
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from error27@gmail.com are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
ip2-remove-unneeded-null-check.patch
ip2-return-efault-on-copy_to_user-errors.patch