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* [PATCH] staging: most: dim2: remove unnecessary NULL check in try_start_dim_transfer()
@ 2026-04-01 10:10 grondon
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From: grondon @ 2026-04-01 10:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gregkh
  Cc: error27, christian.gromm, parthiban.veerasooran, linux-staging,
	linux-kernel, Gabriel Rondon

From: Gabriel Rondon <grondon@gmail.com>

Remove the !hdm_ch check. Although hdm_ch is a function parameter,
it is already dereferenced on the preceding line to initialize
head (head = &hdm_ch->pending_list), so a NULL check after that
point is dead code.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/acwjEHyEYg0V3OyC@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Rondon <grondon@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
index f5bd7d44f..327790436 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int try_start_dim_transfer(struct hdm_channel *hdm_ch)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct dim_ch_state st;
 
-	if (!hdm_ch || !hdm_ch->is_initialized)
+	if (!hdm_ch->is_initialized)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dim_lock, flags);
-- 
2.33.0


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