On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 09:45:54AM +0000, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Currently rdev is dereferenced when assigning desc before rdev is null > checked, this is leading to static analysis warnings. However, rdev > can never be null, so the null check is redundant and can be removed. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1476031 ("Dereference before null check") > > Fixes: 77e3e3b165db ("regulator: axp20x: add software based soft_start for AXP209 LDO3") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- We need a third '-' character on the cut off marker. > > V2: Fix 2nd occurrance of this thinko > V3: Remove null check, Dan Carpenter noted that rdev can never be null. > --- regards, dan carpenter