The patch titled Subject: lib/test_firmware.c: remove some dead code has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is test_firmware-remove-some-dead-code.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/test_firmware-remove-some-dead-code.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/test_firmware-remove-some-dead-code.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/test_firmware.c: remove some dead code The test_fw_config->reqs allocation succeeded so these addresses can't be NULL. Also on the second error path, we forgot to set "rc = -ENOMEM;". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190221183700.GA1737@kadam Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/lib/test_firmware.c~test_firmware-remove-some-dead-code +++ a/lib/test_firmware.c @@ -631,11 +631,6 @@ static ssize_t trigger_batched_requests_ for (i = 0; i < test_fw_config->num_requests; i++) { req = &test_fw_config->reqs[i]; - if (!req) { - WARN_ON(1); - rc = -ENOMEM; - goto out_bail; - } req->fw = NULL; req->idx = i; req->name = test_fw_config->name; @@ -737,10 +732,6 @@ ssize_t trigger_batched_requests_async_s for (i = 0; i < test_fw_config->num_requests; i++) { req = &test_fw_config->reqs[i]; - if (!req) { - WARN_ON(1); - goto out_bail; - } req->name = test_fw_config->name; req->fw = NULL; req->idx = i; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-hmm-improve-driver-api-to-work-and-wait-over-a-range-fix.patch test_firmware-remove-some-dead-code.patch rapidio-potential-oops-in-riocm_ch_listen.patch