We don't pass NULL tty pointers to the close function, and anyway we already dereferenced it at this point. This check can be removed. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c index 07f3ea3..8fa041e 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c +++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c @@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ ip2_close( PTTY tty, struct file *pFile ) /* disable DSS reporting */ i2QueueCommands(PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 4, CMD_DCD_NREP, CMD_CTS_NREP, CMD_DSR_NREP, CMD_RI_NREP); - if ( !tty || (tty->termios->c_cflag & HUPCL) ) { + if (tty->termios->c_cflag & HUPCL) { i2QueueCommands(PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 2, CMD_RTSDN, CMD_DTRDN); pCh->dataSetOut &= ~(I2_DTR | I2_RTS); i2QueueCommands( PTYPE_INLINE, pCh, 100, 1, CMD_PAUSE(25)); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html