linux-kernel - [PATCH] hpet: Delete an unnecessary check before unregister_sysctl

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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:54:34 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] hpet: Delete an unnecessary check before
 unregister_sysctl_table()

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:32:42 +0100

The unregister_sysctl_table() function tests whether its argument is NULL
and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/char/hpet.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index 240b6cf..fe511e9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -1069,8 +1069,7 @@ static int __init hpet_init(void)
 
 	result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&hpet_acpi_driver);
 	if (result < 0) {
-		if (sysctl_header)
-			unregister_sysctl_table(sysctl_header);
+		unregister_sysctl_table(sysctl_header);
 		misc_deregister(&hpet_misc);
 		return result;
 	}
-- 
2.6.2

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