linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] tpm: st33zp24: remove pointless checks on probe

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Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:39:58 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] tpm: st33zp24: remove pointless checks on probe

Driver core will never call driver's probe method without appropriate
device structure, so testing them for NULL is pointless.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c | 6 ------
 drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
index 614c7d8ed84f..8156bb2af78c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/i2c.c
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ static int st33zp24_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 {
 	struct st33zp24_i2c_phy *phy;
 
-	if (!client) {
-		pr_info("%s: i2c client is NULL. Device not accessible.\n",
-			__func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C)) {
 		dev_info(&client->dev, "client not i2c capable\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
index ff4adbe104cf..2154059f0235 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/spi.c
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ static int st33zp24_spi_probe(struct spi_device *dev)
 {
 	struct st33zp24_spi_phy *phy;
 
-	/* Check SPI platform functionnalities */
-	if (!dev) {
-		pr_info("%s: dev is NULL. Device is not accessible.\n",
-			__func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	phy = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(struct st33zp24_spi_phy),
 			   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!phy)
-- 
2.37.3.998.g577e59143f-goog