linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] NFC: st-nci: remove a redundant null pointer check

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Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:30:50 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] NFC: st-nci: remove a redundant null pointer check

The dev is impossible is NULL. hence the check is redundant. We
never will hit it.

Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
---
v1->v2:
 -  According to Greg's suggestion. just remove the null pointer will be better.

 drivers/nfc/st-nci/spi.c | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/spi.c b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/spi.c
index 1470559..864fd90 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/spi.c
@@ -233,13 +233,6 @@ static int st_nci_spi_probe(struct spi_device *dev)
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "IRQ: %d\n", dev->irq);
 
-	/* Check SPI platform functionnalities */
-	if (!dev) {
-		pr_debug("%s: dev is NULL. Device is not accessible.\n",
-			__func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	phy = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(struct st_nci_spi_phy),
 			   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!phy)
-- 
1.7.12.4