If the check (id != 0x41) fails, then id == 0x41 and the other check in 'else' branch also fails: id & 0x0F = 0b01000001 & 0b00001111 = 0b00000001. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Dmitry Fomin <fomindmitriyfoma@xxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c index 9a30f6d35d13..aa24f826d91b 100644 --- a/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c +++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/aureon.c @@ -1895,10 +1895,6 @@ static int aureon_add_controls(struct snd_ice1712 *ice) if (id != 0x41) dev_info(ice->card->dev, "No CS8415 chip. Skipping CS8415 controls.\n"); - else if ((id & 0x0F) != 0x01) - dev_info(ice->card->dev, - "Detected unsupported CS8415 rev. (%c)\n", - (char)((id & 0x0F) + 'A' - 1)); else { for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cs8415_controls); i++) { struct snd_kcontrol *kctl; -- 2.37.2