If vtg is NULL, it is not possible to access its mode_reg field. At all sites where the static function menelaus_set_voltage is called, the first argument is the address of a structure defined in the file. So, the null test is unnecessary and is removed. Also, a label is done away with.
This problem was found using the following Coccinelle semantic match: // <smpl> @@ expression E, E1; identifier f; statement S1,S2,S3; @@ * if (E == NULL) { ... when != if (E == NULL) S1 else S2 when != E = E1 * E->f ... when any return ...; } else S3 // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi...@gmail.com> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr> --- Not compile tested. drivers/mfd/menelaus.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c index 5e2667a..18ff56f 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c @@ -466,8 +466,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV, struct i2c_client *c = the_menelaus->client; mutex_lock(&the_menelaus->lock); - if (!vtg) - goto set_voltage; ret = menelaus_read_reg(vtg->vtg_reg); if (ret < 0) @@ -482,7 +480,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV, ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->vtg_reg, val); if (ret < 0) goto out; -set_voltage: ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->mode_reg, mode); out: mutex_unlock(&the_menelaus->lock); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/