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Subject: Re: [PATCH] macintosh: Delete an unnecessary check before the function
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Am 04.02.2015 um 21:36 schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:32:27 +0100
> 
> The of_node_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 <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/macintosh/smu.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
> index 10ae69b..d531f80 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
> @@ -557,8 +557,7 @@ int __init smu_init (void)
>  	return 0;
>  
>  fail_msg_node:
> -	if (smu->msg_node)
> -		of_node_put(smu->msg_node);
> +	of_node_put(smu->msg_node);
>  fail_db_node:
>  	of_node_put(smu->db_node);
>  fail_bootmem:
> 

Would you like to integrate this update suggestion
into another source code repository?

Regards,
Markus