On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:41:11PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c | 23 +++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
> index ee9f826..d818eda 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/virtpci/virtpci.c
> @@ -1314,15 +1314,13 @@ static ssize_t virtpci_driver_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
> ssize_t ret = 0;
>
> struct driver_private *dprivate = to_driver(kobj);
> - struct device_driver *driver;
>
> - if (dprivate != NULL)
> - driver = dprivate->driver;
> - else
> - driver = NULL;
> + if (dprivate) {
It is impossible for dprivate to ever be NULL, someone doesn't
understand how kobjects work :(
So just remove the check please, don't add more logic that will never
run.
thanks,
greg k-h
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