The code uses a local variable to initialize a null pointer in order to
avoid accessing this null pointer later on.
Simply removed the 'unused' variable and check for the null pointer just
before accessing it.
Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/inkern.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index f738db9a0c04..ce537b4ca6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -849,14 +849,10 @@ static int iio_channel_read_max(struct iio_channel *chan,
int *val, int *val2, int *type,
enum iio_chan_info_enum info)
{
- int unused;
const int *vals;
int length;
int ret;
- if (!val2)
- val2 = &unused;
-
ret = iio_channel_read_avail(chan, &vals, type, &length, info);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -869,7 +865,8 @@ static int iio_channel_read_max(struct iio_channel *chan,
break;
default:
*val = vals[4];
- *val2 = vals[5];
+ if (val2)
+ *val2 = vals[5];
}
return 0;
--
2.40.1
