From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 19:12:56 +0100 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/staging/media/mn88472/mn88472.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mn88472/mn88472.c b/drivers/staging/media/mn88472/mn88472.c index 52de8f8..e7874ae 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/mn88472/mn88472.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/mn88472/mn88472.c @@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ static int mn88472_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe) return 0; err: - if (fw) - release_firmware(fw); + release_firmware(fw); dev_dbg(&client->dev, "failed=%d\n", ret); return ret; -- 2.2.2 -- 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