At this point of the execution in the function cx24117_attach() demod cannot be '0'. In that case the function returns earlier with an error value ('NULL'). Remove the if statement. This error has been reported by scan.coverity.com Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c index 476b422..07a9894 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c @@ -1190,12 +1190,6 @@ struct dvb_frontend *cx24117_attach(const struct cx24117_config *config, state->demod = demod - 1; state->priv = priv; - /* test i2c bus for ack */ - if (demod == 0) { - if (cx24117_readreg(state, 0x00) < 0) - goto error3; - } - dev_info(&state->priv->i2c->dev, "%s: Attaching frontend %d\n", KBUILD_MODNAME, state->demod); @@ -1206,8 +1200,6 @@ struct dvb_frontend *cx24117_attach(const struct cx24117_config *config, state->frontend.demodulator_priv = state; return &state->frontend; -error3: - kfree(state); error2: cx24117_release_priv(priv); error1: -- 1.8.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html