netdev - [patch 19/28] netconsole: Remove bogus check

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:12:03 -0700
From:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	satyam@...radead.org, k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com, mpm@...enic.com
Subject: [patch 19/28] netconsole: Remove bogus check

From: Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>

Based upon initial work by Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>.

The (!np.dev) check in write_msg() is bogus (always false), because: np.dev is
set by netpoll_setup(), which is called by init_netconsole() before
register_console(), so write_msg() cannot be triggered unless netpoll_setup()
successfully set np.dev.  Also np.dev cannot go away from under us, because
netpoll_setup() grabs us reference on it.  So let's remove the bogus check.

Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/net/netconsole.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/netconsole.c~netconsole-remove-bogus-check drivers/net/netconsole.c
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c~netconsole-remove-bogus-check
+++ a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *co
 	int frag, left;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!np.dev)
-		return;
-
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	for (left = len; left;) {
_
-
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