linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] staging: unisys: remove unneeded comparison

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:30:21 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, sparmaintainer@...sys.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] staging: unisys: remove unneeded comparison

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 05:47:34PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> visorchipset_file_cleanup() is called from visorchipset_exit() which
> is the module_exit function and this function is executing means
> module_init succeeded, so registered will always be true at this time.
> and majordev has also been initialized in the init function. hence
> these comparisons will always be true.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>

This is a partial patch.  The "one thing per patch" means don't do half
a thing per patch.

We now set "registered" but there are no users.

regards,
dan carpenter

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