The function usb_add_phy trusts the sanity of the caller. Also it accesses x after the NULL check. Remove the unneeded check. Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti D <shubhrajyoti@xxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/otg/otg.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/otg/otg.c b/drivers/usb/otg/otg.c index 1bf60a2..a30c041 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/otg/otg.c +++ b/drivers/usb/otg/otg.c @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int usb_add_phy(struct usb_phy *x, enum usb_phy_type type) unsigned long flags; struct usb_phy *phy; - if (x && x->type != USB_PHY_TYPE_UNDEFINED) { + if (x->type != USB_PHY_TYPE_UNDEFINED) { dev_err(x->dev, "not accepting initialized PHY %s\n", x->label); return -EINVAL; } -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html