[PATCH v2 -mm 2/9] netconsole: Remove bogus check

[Satyam Sharma]

From: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[2/9] netconsole: Remove bogus check

The (!np.dev) check in write_msg() is bogus (always false), because:
np.dev is set by netpoll_setup(), which is called by the target init
code in init_netconsole() _before_ register_console() => write_msg() cannot
be triggered unless netpoll_setup() returns with success. And that will not
happen if netpoll_setup() failed to set np.dev. Also np.dev cannot go from
under us while netconsole is loaded. This is because netpoll_setup() grabs
a reference for us on that dev. So let's remove the pointless check.

Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

 drivers/net/netconsole.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

---

diff -ruNp a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c	2007-07-10 05:53:42.000000000 +0530
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c	2007-07-10 05:55:00.000000000 +0530
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *co
 	int frag, left;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!np.dev)
-		return;
-
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	for (left = len; left;) {
-
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