"vdev" points to vhci_hcd->vdev[] array and vhci_hcd->vdev[] array is not a pointer array but a structure array and it is already used in vhci_urb_enqueue() and then passed to vhci_tx_urb() as an argument. vhci_tx_urb() is not called except vhci_urb_enqueue(). So, "vdev" can not be null pointer. This null check statement is meaningless. Signed-off-by: Suwan Kim <suwan.kim027@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c index f46ee1fefe02..667d9c0ec905 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/vhci_hcd.c @@ -654,15 +654,9 @@ static int vhci_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 typeReq, u16 wValue, static void vhci_tx_urb(struct urb *urb, struct vhci_device *vdev) { struct vhci_priv *priv; - struct vhci_hcd *vhci_hcd; + struct vhci_hcd *vhci_hcd = vdev_to_vhci_hcd(vdev); unsigned long flags; - if (!vdev) { - pr_err("could not get virtual device"); - return; - } - vhci_hcd = vdev_to_vhci_hcd(vdev); - priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vhci_priv), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!priv) { usbip_event_add(&vdev->ud, VDEV_EVENT_ERROR_MALLOC); -- 2.20.1