linux-kernel - [PATCH] fujitsu-laptop: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks

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Message-Id: <200907292214.31038.bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:14:30 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>, corbet@....net,
	eteo@...hat.com, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Subject: [PATCH] fujitsu-laptop: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fujitsu-laptop: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks

This takes care of the following entries from Dan's list:

drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c +327 set_lcd_level(13) warning: variable derefenced before check 'fujitsu'
drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c +358 set_lcd_level_alt(13) warning: variable derefenced before check 'fujitsu'

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc: corbet@....net
Cc: eteo@...hat.com
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c
@@ -324,9 +324,6 @@ static int set_lcd_level(int level)
 	if (level < 0 || level >= fujitsu->max_brightness)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!fujitsu)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	status = acpi_get_handle(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "SBLL", &handle);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		vdbg_printk(FUJLAPTOP_DBG_ERROR, "SBLL not present\n");
@@ -355,9 +352,6 @@ static int set_lcd_level_alt(int level)
 	if (level < 0 || level >= fujitsu->max_brightness)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!fujitsu)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	status = acpi_get_handle(fujitsu->acpi_handle, "SBL2", &handle);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		vdbg_printk(FUJLAPTOP_DBG_ERROR, "SBL2 not present\n");
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