linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "__nd_device

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Date:	Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:17:52 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm-btt: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "__nd_device_register"

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 2:16 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:05:34 +0200
>
> The __nd_device_register() 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>

Thanks, applied.