linux-kernel - [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c

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Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:46:14 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	sylvain.meyer@...ldonline.fr
Subject: [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in
	drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c

hi,

all callers and the function itself dereference dinfo,
so we can remove the check. (coverity id #1371)

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

--- linux-2.6.18-git7/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c.orig	2006-09-27 21:47:46.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-git7/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c	2006-09-27 21:48:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ intelfbhw_print_hw_state(struct intelfb_
 	int index = dinfo->pll_index;
 	DBG_MSG("intelfbhw_print_hw_state\n");
 
-	if (!hw || !dinfo)
+	if (!hw)
 		return;
 	/* Read in as much of the HW state as possible. */
 	printk("hw state dump start\n");


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