From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 22:55:29 +0100 The release_firmware() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/mn88473/mn88473.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mn88473/mn88473.c b/drivers/staging/media/mn88473/mn88473.c index 1659335..52180bb 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/mn88473/mn88473.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/mn88473/mn88473.c @@ -262,8 +262,7 @@ static int mn88473_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe) return 0; err: - if (fw) - release_firmware(fw); + release_firmware(fw); dev_dbg(&client->dev, "failed=%d\n", ret); return ret; -- 2.1.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel