Because the existence of 'bridge->encoder' has already been checked before the simple_bridge_attach() function get called, and drm_bridge_attach() will quit with a negative error code returned if it fails for some reasons. Hence, it is guaranteed that the .encoder member of the drm_bridge instance is not NULL when the simple_bridge_attach() get called. Remove the redundant checking codes "if (!bridge->encoder) { ... }". Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sui Jingfeng <sui.jingfeng@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/simple-bridge.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/simple-bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/simple-bridge.c index 5813a2c4fc5e..2ca89f313cd1 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/simple-bridge.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/simple-bridge.c @@ -116,11 +116,6 @@ static int simple_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge, if (flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR) return 0; - if (!bridge->encoder) { - DRM_ERROR("Missing encoder\n"); - return -ENODEV; - } - drm_connector_helper_add(&sbridge->connector, &simple_bridge_con_helper_funcs); ret = drm_connector_init_with_ddc(bridge->dev, &sbridge->connector, -- 2.43.0