linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/36] tty: char: mxser, remove unnecessary tty test

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Date:	Tue,  2 Mar 2010 15:36:19 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 12/36] tty: char: mxser, remove unnecessary tty test

From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>

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>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 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 3d92306..e0c5d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mxser.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mxser.c
@@ -895,8 +895,7 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, 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;
-- 
1.7.0.1

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