Re: [PATCH 1/1] PCI: hotplug: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "pci_dev_put"

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Dec 10 2014 - 19:07:05 EST


On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 05:47:29PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:42:23 +0100
>
> The pci_dev_put() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to next-pci/misc for v3.19, thanks. This branch will be rebased
when v3.19-rc1 is released.

Bjorn

> ---
> drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
> index e09cf78..82c969b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c
> @@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ static void release_slot(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot)
>
> kfree(slot->hotplug_slot->info);
> kfree(slot->hotplug_slot);
> - if (slot->dev)
> - pci_dev_put(slot->dev);
> + pci_dev_put(slot->dev);
> kfree(slot);
> }
>
> --
> 2.1.3
>
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