The code looks good to me. I have also verified it on Intel KeemBay platform. Reviewed-by: Sia Jee Heng <jee.heng.sia@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sia Jee Heng <jee.heng.sia@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks Regards Jee Heng > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 03 February 2021 9:47 PM > To: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Vinod Koul > <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sia, Jee Heng <jee.heng.sia@xxxxxxxxx>; Andy > Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > dmaengine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH][next] dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: remove redundant > null check on desc > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The pointer desc is being null checked twice, the second null check is > redundant because desc has not been re-assigned between the checks. > Remove the redundant second null check on desc. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code") > Fixes: ef6fb2d6f1ab ("dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: simplify descriptor > management") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c | 4 ---- > 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c > b/drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c > index ac3d81b72a15..d9e4ac3edb4e 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c > +++ b/drivers/dma/dw-axi-dmac/dw-axi-dmac-platform.c > @@ -919,10 +919,6 @@ dma_chan_prep_dma_memcpy(struct > dma_chan *dchan, dma_addr_t dst_adr, > num++; > } > > - /* Total len of src/dest sg == 0, so no descriptor were > allocated */ > - if (unlikely(!desc)) > - return NULL; > - > /* Set end-of-link to the last link descriptor of list */ > set_desc_last(&desc->hw_desc[num - 1]); > /* Managed transfer list */ > -- > 2.29.2