The "unode" pointer cannot be NULL here and checking for it causes Smatch warnings: drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c:259 udl_get_urb_locked() warn: can 'unode' even be NULL? Fortunately, it's just harmless dead code which can be removed. It's left over from commit c5c354a3a472 ("drm/udl: Fix inconsistent urbs.count value during udl_free_urb_list()"). Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c index 061cb88c08a2..3ebe2ce55dfd 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static struct urb *udl_get_urb_locked(struct udl_device *udl, long timeout) list_del_init(&unode->entry); udl->urbs.available--; - return unode ? unode->urb : NULL; + return unode->urb; } #define GET_URB_TIMEOUT HZ -- 2.39.2