linux-kernel - [PATCH] acpi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from acpi_processor_get_throttling

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Date:	Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:24:30 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, corbet@....net,
	eteo@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH] acpi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from acpi_processor_get_throttling_info()

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] acpi: remove superfluous NULL pointer check from acpi_processor_get_throttling_info()

>From Dan's list:

drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c +1139 acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(11) warning: variable derefenced before check 'pr'

acpi_processor_get_throttling_info() is never called with pr == NULL.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc: corbet@....net
Cc: eteo@...hat.com
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c
@@ -1135,9 +1135,6 @@ int acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(s
 			  pr->throttling.duty_offset,
 			  pr->throttling.duty_width));
 
-	if (!pr)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Evaluate _PTC, _TSS and _TPC
 	 * They must all be present or none of them can be used.
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