linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/22] Staging: hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in blkvsc

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Message-Id: <1302131122-15530-17-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com>
Date:	Wed,  6 Apr 2011 16:05:17 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 17/22] Staging: hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in blkvsc_probe()

It is never the case that the dev_add function pointer will not be set
(we set it in this code!). Get rid of this meaningless check.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index 35ad3d5..3060bab 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -968,11 +968,6 @@ static int blkvsc_probe(struct device *device)
 	static int ide1_registered;
 
 
-	if (!storvsc_drv_obj->base.dev_add) {
-		ret = -1;
-		goto Cleanup;
-	}
-
 	blkdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct block_device_context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!blkdev) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-- 
1.7.4.1

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