This patch removes the null test on block. block is initialized at the beginning of the function to &wblock->gblock. Since wblock is dereferenced prior to the null test, wblock must be a valid pointer, and &wblock->gblock cannot be null. The following Coccinelle script is used for detecting the change: @r@ expression e,f; identifier g,y; statement S1,S2; @@ *e = &f->g <+... f->y ...+> *if (e != NULL || ...) S1 else S2 Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@xxxxxxxxx> --- To send to: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>,platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c index 43d1329..737e56d 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c @@ -256,10 +256,6 @@ static acpi_status wmi_method_enable(struct wmi_block *wblock, int enable) block = &wblock->gblock; handle = wblock->handle; - if (!block) - return AE_NOT_EXIST; - - snprintf(method, 5, "WE%02X", block->notify_id); status = acpi_execute_simple_method(handle, method, enable); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html