After commit f1d4661abe05d0a2c014166042d15ed8b69ae8f2 this was dead code. Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- --- linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/battery.c.old 2007-10-23 18:44:13.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/battery.c 2007-10-23 18:44:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -550,18 +550,14 @@ static ssize_t acpi_battery_write_alarm( int result = 0; char alarm_string[12] = { '\0' }; struct seq_file *m = file->private_data; struct acpi_battery *battery = m->private; if (!battery || (count > sizeof(alarm_string) - 1)) return -EINVAL; - if (result) { - result = -ENODEV; - goto end; - } if (!acpi_battery_present(battery)) { result = -ENODEV; goto end; } if (copy_from_user(alarm_string, buffer, count)) { result = -EFAULT; goto end; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html