linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390/pci: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "pci_dev

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:00:56 +0200
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Gerald Schäfer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/pci: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "pci_dev_put"

On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:40:23 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:15:17 +0200
> 
> 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@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
> index fb2a9a5..c2b27ad 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
> @@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static void __zpci_event_availability(struct zpci_ccdf_avail *ccdf)
>  	default:
>  		break;
>  	}
> -	if (pdev)
> -		pci_dev_put(pdev);
> +	pci_dev_put(pdev);
>  }
> 
>  void zpci_event_availability(void *data)

Applied,  thanks.

-- 
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   Martin.

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