the locked variable is used for checking whether the function acquired lock, then unlock. actually with out this we can achieve the same lock and unlock senario, remove the locked variable and also cleanup the code around. Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 20 +++++--------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c index 5adc898..50c414a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c @@ -3132,7 +3132,6 @@ static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev) { struct adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev); struct sliccard *card = adapter->card; - u32 locked = 0; int status; ASSERT(adapter); @@ -3142,7 +3141,6 @@ static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev) spin_lock_irqsave(&slic_global.driver_lock.lock, slic_global.driver_lock.flags); - locked = 1; if (!adapter->activated) { card->adapters_activated++; slic_global.num_slic_ports_active++; @@ -3156,23 +3154,15 @@ static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev) slic_global.num_slic_ports_active--; adapter->activated = 0; } - if (locked) { - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slic_global.driver_lock.lock, - slic_global.driver_lock.flags); - locked = 0; - } - return status; + goto spin_unlock; } if (!card->master) card->master = adapter; - if (locked) { - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slic_global.driver_lock.lock, - slic_global.driver_lock.flags); - locked = 0; - } - - return 0; +spin_unlock: + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slic_global.driver_lock.lock, + slic_global.driver_lock.flags); + return status; } static void slic_card_cleanup(struct sliccard *card) -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel