Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: adl_pci9118: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "pci_dev_put"

From: Ian Abbott
Date: Mon Jun 29 2015 - 05:55:17 EST


On 27/06/15 13:10, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:50:43 +0200

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>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
index fb3043d..19b5806 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
@@ -1717,8 +1717,7 @@ static void pci9118_detach(struct comedi_device *dev)
pci9118_reset(dev);
comedi_pci_detach(dev);
pci9118_free_dma(dev);
- if (pcidev)
- pci_dev_put(pcidev);
+ pci_dev_put(pcidev);
}

static struct comedi_driver adl_pci9118_driver = {


The same patch was posted independently (and earlier) by Maninder Singh, but I think we concluded that the code was more understandable without this change, as the test within pci_dev_put() is more of a safety net.

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