linux-kernel - [PATCH] usb: wusbcore: remove unreachable code

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Date:	Thu,  7 Apr 2016 21:05:07 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] usb: wusbcore: remove unreachable code

The call to wusb_dev_sysfs_rm() which is just after return will never
be executed. On checking the code, wusb_dev_sysfs_add() is the last one
to be executed so even if that fails we do not need wusb_dev_sysfs_rm()
in the error path.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c b/drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c
index 3f4f5fb..bf95517 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/wusbcore/devconnect.c
@@ -893,7 +893,6 @@ out:
 error_nodev:
 	return;
 
-	wusb_dev_sysfs_rm(wusb_dev);
 error_add_sysfs:
 	wusb_dev_bos_rm(wusb_dev);
 error_bos_add:
-- 
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