linux-kernel - Re: [1/2] cw1200: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release

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Date:	Fri,  6 Feb 2015 06:49:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Solomon Peachy <pizza@...ftnet.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [1/2] cw1200: Delete an unnecessary check before the function
 call "release_firmware"


> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 16:32:15 +0100
> 
> The release_firmware() 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@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Thanks, 2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git:

df970d39b90e cw1200: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware"
ee4ddad82356 cw1200: Less function calls in cw1200_load_firmware_cw1200() after error detection

Kalle Valo
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