[PATCH 1/1] PCI: hotplug: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "pci_dev_put"

SF Markus Elfring
2014-11-20T16:47:47Z

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:42:23 +0100

The pci_dev_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/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
index e09cf78..82c969b 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ static void release_slot(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot)

kfree(slot->hotplug_slot->info);
kfree(slot->hotplug_slot);
- if (slot->dev)
- pci_dev_put(slot->dev);
+ pci_dev_put(slot->dev);
kfree(slot);
}

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