linux-kernel - [ 07/37] wanmain: comparing array with NULL

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Message-Id: <20120817030244.873921360@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:02:50 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 07/37] wanmain: comparing array with NULL

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 8b72ff6484fe303e01498b58621810a114f3cf09 ]

gcc really should warn about these !

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/wanrouter/wanmain.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
index 788a12c..2ab7850 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
+++ b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
@@ -602,36 +602,31 @@ static int wanrouter_device_new_if(struct wan_device *wandev,
 		 * successfully, add it to the interface list.
 		 */
 
-		if (dev->name == NULL) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-		} else {
+#ifdef WANDEBUG
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: registering interface %s...\n",
+		       wanrouter_modname, dev->name);
+#endif
 
-			#ifdef WANDEBUG
-			printk(KERN_INFO "%s: registering interface %s...\n",
-				wanrouter_modname, dev->name);
-			#endif
-
-			err = register_netdev(dev);
-			if (!err) {
-				struct net_device *slave = NULL;
-				unsigned long smp_flags=0;
-
-				lock_adapter_irq(&wandev->lock, &smp_flags);
-
-				if (wandev->dev == NULL) {
-					wandev->dev = dev;
-				} else {
-					for (slave=wandev->dev;
-					     DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave);
-					     slave = DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave))
-						DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave) = dev;
-				}
-				++wandev->ndev;
-
-				unlock_adapter_irq(&wandev->lock, &smp_flags);
-				err = 0;	/* done !!! */
-				goto out;
+		err = register_netdev(dev);
+		if (!err) {
+			struct net_device *slave = NULL;
+			unsigned long smp_flags=0;
+
+			lock_adapter_irq(&wandev->lock, &smp_flags);
+
+			if (wandev->dev == NULL) {
+				wandev->dev = dev;
+			} else {
+				for (slave=wandev->dev;
+				     DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave);
+				     slave = DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave))
+					DEV_TO_SLAVE(slave) = dev;
 			}
+			++wandev->ndev;
+
+			unlock_adapter_irq(&wandev->lock, &smp_flags);
+			err = 0;	/* done !!! */
+			goto out;
 		}
 		if (wandev->del_if)
 			wandev->del_if(wandev, dev);


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