netdev - [PATCH 12/26] ipw2200: remove a redundant NULL check before calling release

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Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:51:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	trivial@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/26] ipw2200: remove a redundant NULL check before calling
 release_firmware()

The release_firmware() function does its own NULL test, so testing
before calling it is rather redundant.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
index 2b02257..77c5d2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
@@ -3657,8 +3657,7 @@ static int ipw_load(struct ipw_priv *priv)
 		priv->rxq = NULL;
 	}
 	ipw_tx_queue_free(priv);
-	if (raw)
-		release_firmware(raw);
+	release_firmware(raw);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	fw_loaded = 0;
 	raw = NULL;
-- 
1.7.10


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