linux-kernel - [PATCH] ath10k: remove impossible code

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Date:	Tue,  2 Feb 2016 12:44:40 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: remove impossible code

From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>

len has been initialized with a value of 0 and buf_len with 4096. There
is no way that this condition (len > buf_len) can be true now.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
index 2bdf540..8b187e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c
@@ -2176,9 +2176,6 @@ static ssize_t ath10k_debug_fw_checksums_read(struct file *file,
 
 	mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);
 
-	if (len > buf_len)
-		len = buf_len;
-
 	len += scnprintf(buf + len, buf_len - len,
 			 "firmware-N.bin\t\t%08x\n",
 			 crc32_le(0, ar->firmware->data, ar->firmware->size));
-- 
1.9.1