brcm80211: fmac: remove unnecessary NULL pointer check
authorArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:55:45 +0000 (22:55 +0100)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 20:53:51 +0000 (15:53 -0500)
In brcmf_usb_up() the variable devinfo was checked for being
a NULL pointer, but this can not happen. Also the check was done
after dereferencing the pointer. This patch removes the check.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Franky (Zhenhui) Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Kan Yan <kanyan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c

index d4a9e8e7deb3c31659b64213c4469c4f6a2906d8..8616961a066ebdb298f2545b80fde7ae3cc02a5a 100644 (file)
@@ -712,9 +712,6 @@ static int brcmf_usb_up(struct device *dev)
        struct brcmf_usbdev_info *devinfo = brcmf_usb_get_businfo(dev);
        u16 ifnum;
 
-       if (devinfo == NULL)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        if (devinfo->bus_pub.state == BCMFMAC_USB_STATE_UP)
                return 0;