linux-kernel - [PATCH] component: remove impossible condition

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Date:	Tue,  2 Feb 2016 12:57:53 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] component: remove impossible condition

We will be evaluating this condition only if match->num == match->alloc
and that means we have already dereferenced match which implies match
can not be NULL at this point.
Moreover we have done a NULL check on match just before this.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/base/component.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/component.c b/drivers/base/component.c
index 2738039..0ed3b72 100644
--- a/drivers/base/component.c
+++ b/drivers/base/component.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void component_match_add_release(struct device *master,
 	}
 
 	if (match->num == match->alloc) {
-		size_t new_size = match ? match->alloc + 16 : 15;
+		size_t new_size = match->alloc + 16;
 		int ret;
 
 		ret = component_match_realloc(master, match, new_size);
-- 
1.9.1