Re: [PATCH] input: synaptics-rmi4: remove redundant null check on rmi_dev

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 02:41:04PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> rmi_dev is currently being dereferenced before it null checked,
> however, after deeper inspecting, rmi_dev can never be null,
> so just remove this redundant check. Thanks to Dmitry Torokhov for
> noticing that we can remove the null check.
> 
> Fixes CoverityScan CID 1391218 ("Dereference before null check")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.

> ---
>  drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f03.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f03.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f03.c
> index 8a7ca3e..9a1b099 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f03.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f03.c
> @@ -175,9 +175,6 @@ static int rmi_f03_attention(struct rmi_function *fn, unsigned long *irq_bits)
>  	int i;
>  	int error;
>  
> -	if (!rmi_dev)
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -
>  	if (drvdata->attn_data.data) {
>  		/* First grab the data passed by the transport device */
>  		if (drvdata->attn_data.size < ob_len) {
> -- 
> 2.10.2
> 

-- 
Dmitry