linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] fujitsu-laptop: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:13:56 +0930 (CST)
From:	Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au>
To:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Woithe),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, julia@...u.dk, bzolnier@...il.com,
	error27@...il.com, corbet@....net, eteo@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fujitsu-laptop: remove superfluous NULL pointer checks

[PATCH 2/4] 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>
Acked-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...sics.adelaide.edu.au>

--- a/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c	2009-07-31 17:13:01.160777027 +0930
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/fujitsu-laptop.c	2009-07-31 17:14:09.975776844 +0930
@@ -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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