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* [PATCH] dma: sh/shdma-base.c: remove unnecessary null pointer check
@ 2013-01-15  0:23 Cong Ding
  2013-01-20 13:55 ` Vinod Koul
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Cong Ding @ 2013-01-15  0:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vinod Koul, Dan Williams, Guennadi Liakhovetski, Paul Mundt,
	linux-kernel
  Cc: Cong Ding

the variable chan is dereferenced in line 635, so it is no reason to check
null again in line 641.

Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
index f4cd946..4acb85a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
@@ -638,9 +638,6 @@ static int shdma_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_ctrl_cmd cmd,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!chan)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case DMA_TERMINATE_ALL:
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&schan->chan_lock, flags);
-- 
1.7.10.4


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* Re: [PATCH] dma: sh/shdma-base.c: remove unnecessary null pointer check
  2013-01-15  0:23 [PATCH] dma: sh/shdma-base.c: remove unnecessary null pointer check Cong Ding
@ 2013-01-20 13:55 ` Vinod Koul
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Vinod Koul @ 2013-01-20 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Cong Ding; +Cc: Dan Williams, Guennadi Liakhovetski, Paul Mundt, linux-kernel

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:23:48AM +0100, Cong Ding wrote:
> the variable chan is dereferenced in line 635, so it is no reason to check
> null again in line 641.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c |    3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
> index f4cd946..4acb85a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c
> @@ -638,9 +638,6 @@ static int shdma_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_ctrl_cmd cmd,
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	if (!chan)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
>  	switch (cmd) {
>  	case DMA_TERMINATE_ALL:
>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&schan->chan_lock, flags);
Applied, Thanks

--
~Vinod

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