+ n_hdlcc-fix-check-after-use.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     n_hdlc.c: fix check-after-use
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     n_hdlcc-fix-check-after-use.patch

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Subject: n_hdlc.c: fix check-after-use
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>

The Coverity checker spotted that we'd have already oops'ed if "tty"
was NULL.

Since "tty" can't be NULL when we reach this line of code this patch
removes the NULL check.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/char/n_hdlc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/n_hdlc.c~n_hdlcc-fix-check-after-use drivers/char/n_hdlc.c
--- a/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c~n_hdlcc-fix-check-after-use
+++ a/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void n_hdlc_release(struct n_hdlc
 	wake_up_interruptible (&tty->read_wait);
 	wake_up_interruptible (&tty->write_wait);
 
-	if (tty != NULL && tty->disc_data == n_hdlc)
+	if (tty->disc_data == n_hdlc)
 		tty->disc_data = NULL;	/* Break the tty->n_hdlc link */
 
 	/* Release transmit and receive buffers */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from bunk@xxxxxxxxxx are

arm-extern-inline-static-inline.patch
git-dvb.patch
make-the-dummy-touchkit_ps2_detect-static.patch
mousedevcmixdev_open_devices-bugfix.patch
git-kbuild.patch
pass-g-to-assembler-under-config_debug_info-fix.patch
fix-ide-ide-hook-acpi-psx-method-to-ide-power-on-off.patch
fix-ide-ide-remove-ide-dma-check.patch
drivers-mtd-mtdbdic-is-no-longer-an-own-module.patch
git-nfsd.patch
fix-x86_64-mm-unwinder.patch
i386-visws-extern-inline-static-inline.patch
file-capabilities-clear-fcaps-on-inode-change-fix.patch
security-cleanups.patch
make-kernel-power-maincsuspend_enter-static.patch
uml-fix-inlines.patch
kconfig-syntax-cleanups.patch
kernel-time-timekeepingc-cleanups.patch
make-fs-libfscsimple_commit_write-static.patch
allow-disabling-dnotify-without-embedded.patch
use-erestart_restartblock-if-poll-is-interrupted-by-a-signal-fix.patch
remove-include-asm-ipch.patch
n_hdlcc-fix-check-after-use.patch
remove-fs-ext2-balloccreserve_blocks.patch
pm3fb-mtrr-support-and-noaccel-option-make-pm3fb_init-static-again.patch
sysctl-parport-remove-binary-paths-fix.patch
sysctl-error-on-bad-sysctl-tables-kernel-sysctl_checkc-must-include-linux-stringh.patch
reiser4-cryptcompress-misc-fixups-make-3-functions-static.patch

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