acpi_add_single_object() is static, and all callers supply a valid "child" argument, so we don't need to check it. This patch also remove some unnecessary initializations. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 8 ++------ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c index f86dee8..f54632c 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c @@ -1215,14 +1215,10 @@ acpi_add_single_object(struct acpi_device **child, struct acpi_device *parent, acpi_handle handle, int type, struct acpi_bus_ops *ops) { - int result = 0; - struct acpi_device *device = NULL; + int result; + struct acpi_device *device; struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL }; - - if (!child) - return -EINVAL; - device = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_device), GFP_KERNEL); if (!device) { printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Memory allocation error\n"); -- 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