It is impossible to get to this function with the pointer being NULL. Tested on an ET-131x device. Signed-off-by: Mark Einon <mark.einon@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c index 2385d04..3653426 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c +++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c @@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ void et1310_phy_init(struct et131x_adapter *etdev) { u16 data, index; - if (etdev == NULL) - return; - /* get the identity (again ?) */ et131x_mii_read(etdev, PHY_ID_1, &data); et131x_mii_read(etdev, PHY_ID_2, &data); -- 1.7.6 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel