On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 03:09:00PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:59:04 +0200 > > The release_firmware() 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/usb/serial/mxuport.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c > index 460a406..92f7aee 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); > return err; > } You sent the exact same patch last year and it was rejected then as it does not improve readability: https://www.marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=141682024201419&w=3 So I'll drop this one again. Johan -- 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