On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:10:16AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Either the test of port->tty here is unneeded:
> > 
> >  if (port->tty)
> >                port->tty->low_latency = low_latency;
> > 
> > ...or the lack of test of port->tty here is a mistake:
> > 
> >      edge_set_termios (port, port->tty->termios);
> 
> Interesting - so coverity doesn't understand the BKL. It's producing the
> right answer, for the right reason but the assumption it makes isn't 100%
> safe.

Coverity doesn't perform magic.
It simply notices that it's once checked and once dereferenced 
unconditionally.

> The check can go.

Thanks, patch below.

> Alan

cu
Adrian


<--  snip  -->


There's no reason for checking pdev->bus for being NULL here (and we'd 
anyway Oops below if it was).

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
afefd6935c788b3e4071092ebc04c4d356dd7496 diff --git 
a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c
index cd34059..700683c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c
@@ -1944,8 +1944,7 @@ static int edge_open (struct usb_serial_port *port, 
struct file * filp)
        if (edge_port == NULL)
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       if (port->tty)
-               port->tty->low_latency = low_latency;
+       port->tty->low_latency = low_latency;
 
        port_number = port->number - port->serial->minor;
        switch (port_number) {

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