netdev - [PATCH v2 1/3] of_mdio: mdio_device

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Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2016 00:33:13 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	grant.likely@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, frowand.list@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] of_mdio: mdio_device_create() never returns NULL

mdio_device_create() never returns NULL, thus checking for it in
of_mdiobus_register_device() is pointless...

Suggested-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>

---
Changes in version 2:
- new patch.

 drivers/of/of_mdio.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: net-next/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
===================================================================
--- net-next.orig/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
+++ net-next/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static int of_mdiobus_register_device(st
 	int rc;
 
 	mdiodev = mdio_device_create(mdio, addr);
-	if (!mdiodev || IS_ERR(mdiodev))
+	if (IS_ERR(mdiodev))
 		return 1;
 
 	/* Associate the OF node with the device structure so it