From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:05:18 +0100 The platform_device_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/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c index 509d452..17b2e8c 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c @@ -1923,8 +1923,7 @@ static int uvesafb_init(void) err = -ENOMEM; if (err) { - if (uvesafb_device) - platform_device_put(uvesafb_device); + platform_device_put(uvesafb_device); platform_driver_unregister(&uvesafb_driver); cn_del_callback(&uvesafb_cn_id); return err; -- 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