linux-kernel - [PATCH] char: tpm: remove unnecessary code

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Message-ID: <20170531000557.GA3301@embeddedgus>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 19:05:57 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] char: tpm: remove unnecessary code

Remove unnecessary code.
Pointer chip cannot be NULL in st33zp24_send().

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397648
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
index 4d1dc8b..ca74c24 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
@@ -373,8 +373,6 @@ static int st33zp24_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, unsigned char *buf,
 	int ret;
 	u8 data;
 
-	if (!chip)
-		return -EBUSY;
 	if (len < TPM_HEADER_SIZE)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-- 
2.5.0