linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/36] Char: synclink, remove unnecessary checks

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Date:	Tue,  2 Mar 2010 15:36:26 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 19/36] Char: synclink, remove unnecessary checks

From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>

Stanse found a potential null dereference in mgsl_put_char and
mgsl_write. There is a check for tty being NULL, but it is
dereferenced earlier.

Actually, tty cannot be NULL in .write and .put_char, so remove
the tests.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/char/synclink.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c
index 4846b73..0658fc5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int mgsl_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch)
 	if (mgsl_paranoia_check(info, tty->name, "mgsl_put_char"))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!tty || !info->xmit_buf)
+	if (!info->xmit_buf)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&info->irq_spinlock, flags);
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ static int mgsl_write(struct tty_struct * tty,
 	if (mgsl_paranoia_check(info, tty->name, "mgsl_write"))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (!tty || !info->xmit_buf)
+	if (!info->xmit_buf)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if ( info->params.mode == MGSL_MODE_HDLC ||
-- 
1.7.0.1

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