In the npcm_i2c_reg_slave() function, there was a redundant comparison that checked if 'bus->slave' was null immediately after assigning it the 'client' value. There were concerns about a potential null dereference because of `client->adapter`, but according to Wolfram Sang, "we trusted ourselves here" Therefore, this comparison is unnecessary. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c index c1b679737240..bdf35b86e559 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c @@ -1247,9 +1247,6 @@ static int npcm_i2c_reg_slave(struct i2c_client *client) bus->slave = client; - if (!bus->slave) - return -EINVAL; - if (client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_TEN) return -EAFNOSUPPORT; -- 2.34.1
