The local variable 'cmd' is a pointer to the address of a member variable of a struct. It will always be valid. Remove the unnecessary checks. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/s626.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/s626.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/s626.c index fc497dd..422ea9c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/s626.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/s626.c @@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ static void s626_reset_adc(struct comedi_device *dev, uint8_t *ppl) dev->mmio + S626_P_RPSADDR1); /* Construct RPS program in rps_buf DMA buffer */ - if (cmd != NULL && cmd->scan_begin_src != TRIG_FOLLOW) { + if (cmd->scan_begin_src != TRIG_FOLLOW) { /* Wait for Start trigger. */ *rps++ = S626_RPS_PAUSE | S626_RPS_SIGADC; *rps++ = S626_RPS_CLRSIGNAL | S626_RPS_SIGADC; @@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ static void s626_reset_adc(struct comedi_device *dev, uint8_t *ppl) *rps++ = jmp_adrs; } - if (cmd != NULL && cmd->convert_src != TRIG_NOW) { + if (cmd->convert_src != TRIG_NOW) { /* Wait for Start trigger. */ *rps++ = S626_RPS_PAUSE | S626_RPS_SIGADC; *rps++ = S626_RPS_CLRSIGNAL | S626_RPS_SIGADC; @@ -2034,10 +2034,6 @@ static int s626_ai_cmd(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_subdevice *s) /* reset ai_cmd_running flag */ devpriv->ai_cmd_running = 0; - /* test if cmd is valid */ - if (cmd == NULL) - return -EINVAL; - s626_ai_load_polllist(ppl, cmd); devpriv->ai_cmd_running = 1; devpriv->ai_convert_count = 0; -- 2.3.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel