linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fpga: fpga-mgr: remove unnecessary code in __fpga_mgr

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:09:04 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>
Cc:     Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>, linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fpga: fpga-mgr: remove unnecessary code in
 __fpga_mgr_get

Hi Alan,

Quoting Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>:

> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <garsilva@...eddedor.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gustavo,
>
> Thanks for pointing that out.  There's also a similar thing in
> fpga-bridge.c that I need to fix.
>

Can you share with me what exactly are you trying to fix?

If the issue is similar I might be able to help.

Thanks
--
Gustavo A. R. Silva

> Alan
>
>> Notice that mgr = to_fpga_manager(dev); expands to:
>>
>> mgr = container_of(dev, struct fpga_manager, dev);
>>
>> and container_of is never null, so this null check is
>> unnecessary.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397916
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
>> index 188ffef..33063ca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
>> +++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c
>> @@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ static struct fpga_manager  
>> *__fpga_mgr_get(struct device *dev)
>>         int ret = -ENODEV;
>>
>>         mgr = to_fpga_manager(dev);
>> -       if (!mgr)
>> -               goto err_dev;
>>
>>         /* Get exclusive use of fpga manager */
>>         if (!mutex_trylock(&mgr->ref_mutex)) {
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>