linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] Char: mxser, remove unnecessary tty test

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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:13:41 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...e.de
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Char: mxser, remove unnecessary tty test

Stanse found unnecessary test in mxser_startup.

tty is dereferenced earlier, the test is superfluous. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
---
 drivers/char/mxser.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/mxser.c b/drivers/char/mxser.c
index 5e28d39..859ffb3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser.c
@@ -905,8 +905,7 @@ static int mxser_startup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (inb(info->ioaddr + UART_LSR) == 0xff) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags);
 		if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			if (tty)
-				set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+			set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
 			return 0;
 		} else
 			return -ENODEV;
-- 
1.6.4.2

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