From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:40:32 +0100 The tty_kref_put() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c index 7ae6c29..a270f04 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi_lib.c @@ -405,8 +405,7 @@ void hvsilib_close(struct hvsi_priv *pv, struct hvc_struct *hp) hvsi_send_close(pv); } - if (pv->tty) - tty_kref_put(pv->tty); + tty_kref_put(pv->tty); pv->tty = NULL; } -- 2.1.3 -- 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