linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V2] intel_th: remove redundant re-assignment of pointer hubdrv

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Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:02:29 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2] intel_th: remove redundant re-assignment of pointer
 hubdrv

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 11:07:09PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The pointer hubdrv is being re-assigned the same value as it was
> initialized with only a few lines earlier. The re-assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> As Dan Carpenter pointed out, the pointer hubdrv is hub - some_offset
> and in this case some_offset is zero. Since hub has already been
> dereferenced hubdrv can't be NULL so the NULL check is redundant
> and can also be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> 
> ---

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter