linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/mthca: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "pci_dev

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:19:26 +0300
From:	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/mthca: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "pci_dev_put"

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 12:58:08PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:05:12 +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>

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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