linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] nfc: pn533: Delete an unnecessary check

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Message-ID: <aJwn2ox5g9WsD2Vx@stanley.mountain>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:51:22 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Lars Poeschel <poeschel@...onage.de>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@...rgos.ru>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] nfc: pn533: Delete an unnecessary check

The "rc" variable is set like this:

	if (IS_ERR(resp)) {
		rc = PTR_ERR(resp);

We know that "rc" is negative so there is no need to check.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
index 14661249c690..2b043a9f9533 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
@@ -1412,11 +1412,9 @@ static int pn533_autopoll_complete(struct pn533 *dev, void *arg,
 			if (dev->poll_mod_count != 0)
 				return rc;
 			goto stop_poll;
-		} else if (rc < 0) {
-			nfc_err(dev->dev,
-				"Error %d when running autopoll\n", rc);
-			goto stop_poll;
 		}
+		nfc_err(dev->dev, "Error %d when running autopoll\n", rc);
+		goto stop_poll;
 	}
 
 	nbtg = resp->data[0];
@@ -1505,11 +1503,9 @@ static int pn533_poll_complete(struct pn533 *dev, void *arg,
 			if (dev->poll_mod_count != 0)
 				return rc;
 			goto stop_poll;
-		} else if (rc < 0) {
-			nfc_err(dev->dev,
-				"Error %d when running poll\n", rc);
-			goto stop_poll;
 		}
+		nfc_err(dev->dev, "Error %d when running poll\n", rc);
+		goto stop_poll;
 	}
 
 	cur_mod = dev->poll_mod_active[dev->poll_mod_curr];
-- 
2.47.2