"str" is never NULL here so I have removed the check. There are static checkers which complain about superfluous NULL checks because it may indicate confusion or a bug. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c index 50d40e5..a0c09ad 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static int __init acpi_os_name_setup(char *str) if (!str || !*str) return 0; - for (; count-- && str && *str; str++) { + for (; count-- && *str; str++) { if (isalnum(*str) || *str == ' ' || *str == ':') *p++ = *str; else if (*str == '\'' || *str == '"') -- 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