Re: [PATCH v11 3/4] add FPGA manager core

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 03:23:54PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > +int fpga_mgr_firmware_load(struct fpga_manager *mgr, u32 flags,
> > > +			   const char *image_name)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct device *dev = &mgr->dev;
> > > +	const struct firmware *fw;
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +
> > > +	if (!mgr)
> > > +		return -ENODEV;
> > 
> > Again; I'm of the opinion this is needlessly defensive.
> 
> Not only that, it can never happen. mgr is already dereferenced above.
> 

It's not dereferenced.  We're taking the address of mgr->dev but we
don't dereference mgr.

regards,
dan carpenter

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