The dev pointer is going through a null check after a dereference. So this patch removes that useless check since the driver does not pass a null dev pointer in any case. Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog v2: * By following Thierry's comments, changed to remove the null pointer check directly and revised the patch subject according. drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c index 7d2db23..075db1d 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/tegra/soctherm.c @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int throttrip_program(struct device *dev, unsigned int throt; u32 r, reg_off; - if (!dev || !sg || !stc || !stc->init) + if (!sg || !stc || !stc->init) return -EINVAL; temp = enforce_temp_range(dev, trip_temp) / ts->soc->thresh_grain; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tegra" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html