[PATCH] Remove pointless check in zlib

[Dave Jones]

We dereference 'z' a few lines above this check.
If it was possible to hit this condition, it wouldve
triggered long ago, in the form of a crash.

Spotted with the source checker from Coverity.com.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>


diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude bk-linus/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c linux-2.6/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c
--- bk-linus/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c	2004-06-03 13:40:26.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c	2004-06-03 13:42:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ int zlib_inflateInit2_(
       return Z_VERSION_ERROR;
 
   /* initialize state */
-  if (z == NULL)
-    return Z_STREAM_ERROR;
   z->msg = NULL;
   z->state = &WS(z)->internal_state;
   z->state->blocks = NULL;
-
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