Fix a possible null pointer dereference, there is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference. This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index cc872fb..78ce3b0 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1332,10 +1332,8 @@ static int close(struct inode *node, struct file *filep) /* find our IR struct */ struct IR *ir = filep->private_data; - if (ir == NULL) { - dev_err(ir->l.dev, "close: no private_data attached to the file!\n"); + if (ir == NULL) return -ENODEV; - } atomic_dec(&ir->open_count); -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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