[PATCH] slip: Remove the unused code and add some cleanups in slip.c

[PATCH] slip: Remove the unused code and add some cleanups in slip.c

[Li Hong]

In sl_alloc(), after the for block:

	for (i = 0; i < slip_maxdev; i++) {
		dev = slip_devs[i];
		if (dev == NULL)
			break;
	}

The result is either i >= slip_maxdev or dev != NULL. So the following check
on dev is needless.

Signed-off-by: Li Hong <lihong.hi@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/slip.c |   24 +++++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip.c
index ba5bbc5..adf89c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -737,24 +737,15 @@ static struct slip *sl_alloc(dev_t line)
 	if (i >= slip_maxdev)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (dev) {
-		sl = netdev_priv(dev);
-		if (test_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags)) {
-			unregister_netdevice(dev);
-			dev = NULL;
-			slip_devs[i] = NULL;
-		}
-	}
+	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
+	sprintf(name, "sl%d", i);
 
-	if (!dev) {
-		char name[IFNAMSIZ];
-		sprintf(name, "sl%d", i);
+	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, sl_setup);
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
 
-		dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, sl_setup);
-		if (!dev)
-			return NULL;
-		dev->base_addr  = i;
-	}
+	dev->base_addr  = i;
+	slip_devs[i] = dev;
 
 	sl = netdev_priv(dev);
 
@@ -772,7 +763,6 @@ static struct slip *sl_alloc(dev_t line)
 	sl->outfill_timer.data = (unsigned long)sl;
 	sl->outfill_timer.function = sl_outfill;
 #endif
-	slip_devs[i] = dev;
 	return sl;
 }
 
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