container_of is never null, so this null check is unnecessary. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1492006 ("Logically dead code") Fixes: 20453a45fb06 ("vhost: introduce vDPA-based backend") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c index 421f02a8530a..3d2cb811757a 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c @@ -678,8 +678,6 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep) int nvqs, i, r, opened; v = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct vhost_vdpa, cdev); - if (!v) - return -ENODEV; opened = atomic_cmpxchg(&v->opened, 0, 1); if (opened) -- 2.26.0