>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c >> index ab1d690..3653ec1 100644 >> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c >> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c >> @@ -1101,8 +1101,7 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial, >> */ >> usb_set_serial_data(serial, (void *)id->driver_info); >> out: >> - if (fw_p) >> - release_firmware(fw_p); >> + release_firmware(fw_p); > > I think that the if should stay. I have got an other opinion. > There were two cases on the allocation, so there should be two cases > on the release. I find that this implementation detail does not really matter for the necessity of a null pointer check directly before such a function call. Regards, Markus -- 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
