linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] staging: unisys: remove comparison

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:00:11 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	sparmaintainer@...sys.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] staging: unisys: remove comparison

MAJOR(majordev) is 0 when dynamic major number is used, and it is
greater than 0 when static major number is used. Considering both the
cases the expression is always true.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---

v2: changed commit log

 drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
index e9459af..e88a215 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/file.c
@@ -82,10 +82,8 @@ visorchipset_file_cleanup(void)
 		cdev_del(&file_cdev);
 	file_cdev.ops = NULL;
 	if (registered) {
-		if (MAJOR(majordev) >= 0) {
-			unregister_chrdev_region(majordev, 1);
-			majordev = MKDEV(0, 0);
-		}
+		unregister_chrdev_region(majordev, 1);
+		majordev = MKDEV(0, 0);
 		registered = FALSE;
 	}
 }
-- 
1.8.1.2

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