linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] char: ipmi: remove unnecessary code

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 08:11:22 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char: ipmi: remove unnecessary code

On 05/15/2017 03:46 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> The array field name in struct i2c_adapter is a fixed size array
> so it can never be NULL.

This was already caught by Colin Ian King, a patch is already queued for 
this.

Thanks,

-corey

> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397986
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> index cca6e5b..df4fea7 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> @@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ static int find_slave_address(struct i2c_client *client, int slave_addr)
>   	list_for_each_entry(info, &ssif_infos, link) {
>   		if (info->binfo.addr != client->addr)
>   			continue;
> -		if (info->adapter_name && client->adapter->name &&
> +		if (info->adapter_name &&
>   		    strcmp_nospace(info->adapter_name,
>   				   client->adapter->name))
>   			continue;