Re: [PATCH] cxl: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "of_node_put"

[Julia Lawall]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:10:32 +0200
>
> The of_node_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/misc/cxl/of.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> index edc4583..333256a 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c
> @@ -490,8 +490,7 @@ int cxl_of_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		adapter->slices = 0;
>  	}
>
> -	if (afu_np)
> -		of_node_put(afu_np);
> +	of_node_put(afu_np);
>  	return 0;
>  }

I don't think that the call should be there at all.  The loop only exits
when afu_np is NULL.  Furthermore, the loop should not be written as a for
loop, but rather with for_each_child_of_node.

julia