linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] gpiolib: of: Drop redundant check in of_mm_gpiochip

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:13:42 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] gpiolib: of: Drop redundant check in
 of_mm_gpiochip_remove()

On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 05:07:34PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The callers never call the function with invalid pointer.
> Moreover, compiler quite likely dropped that check anyway
> because we use that pointer before the check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
> index feeb9e8e846d..83997434215e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
> @@ -963,9 +963,6 @@ void of_mm_gpiochip_remove(struct of_mm_gpio_chip *mm_gc)
>  {
>  	struct gpio_chip *gc = &mm_gc->gc;
>  
> -	if (!mm_gc)
> -		return;
> -
>  	gpiochip_remove(gc);
>  	iounmap(mm_gc->regs);
>  	kfree(gc->label);
> -- 
> 2.35.1
> 

-- 
Dmitry