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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:21:18 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	corbet@....net, eteo@...hat.com, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: remove superfluous NULL pointer check in destroy_irq()

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: remove superfluous NULL pointer check in destroy_irq()

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

arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c +3241 destroy_irq(11) warning: variable derefenced before check 'desc'

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>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -3238,8 +3238,7 @@ void destroy_irq(unsigned int irq)
 	cfg = desc->chip_data;
 	dynamic_irq_cleanup(irq);
 	/* connect back irq_cfg */
-	if (desc)
-		desc->chip_data = cfg;
+	desc->chip_data = cfg;
 
 	free_irte(irq);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vector_lock, flags);
--
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