linux-kernel - [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp

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Message-Id: <1159138613.9062.17.camel@alice>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:56:53 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in
	drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c

hi,

this was spotted by coverity (cid #819). We dereference p_slot
earlier in the function, and i found no way it could become NULL
anywhere.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>

--- linux-2.6.18-git3/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c.orig	2006-09-24 22:19:11.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-git3/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c	2006-09-24 22:25:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -790,8 +790,7 @@ int pciehp_enable_slot(struct slot *p_sl
 		p_slot->hpc_ops->get_latch_status(p_slot, &getstatus);
 	}
 
-	if (p_slot)
-		update_slot_info(p_slot);
+	update_slot_info(p_slot);
 
 	return rc;
 }


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