Re: [PATCH v2] backlight: lp8788: Deletion of a check before backlight_device_unregister()

From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Jul 01 2015 - 04:06:37 EST


On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The backlight_device_unregister() 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/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c | 3 +--
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
> > index d6c4f6a..24a055c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
> > @@ -221,8 +221,7 @@ static void lp8788_backlight_unregister(struct lp8788_bl *bl)
> > {
> > struct backlight_device *bl_dev = bl->bl_dev;
> >
> > - if (bl_dev)
> > - backlight_device_unregister(bl_dev);
> > + backlight_device_unregister(bl_dev);
> > }
> >
> > static ssize_t lp8788_get_bl_ctl_mode(struct device *dev,
> >
>
> Would you like to integrate this update suggestion
> into another source code repository?

If this patch has not received any attention in some time, it's
possible that it may have slipped through the gaps. Please
re-submit the set.

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