channel->dev has already been checked for NULL and if it was NULL then we have returned with -EPIPE. So at this point it can not be NULL. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c index b0a9a4a..1a17e2a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static ssize_t aim_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, mbo = most_get_mbo(channel->iface, channel->channel_id); - if (!mbo && channel->dev) { + if (!mbo) { if ((filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) return -EAGAIN; if (wait_event_interruptible( -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel