[PATCH v2] arm: kernel/perf_event_cpu.c: remove unnecessary nullpointer dereference check

From: Cong Ding
Date: Mon Jan 14 2013 - 12:40:45 EST


The NULL pointer check is not necessary. cpu_pmu_init() is called
after cpu_pmu has already been dereferenced by its caller:

cpu_pmu = pmu;
cpu_pmu->plat_device = pdev;
cpu_pmu_init(cpu_pmu);

Signed-off-by: Cong Ding <dinggnu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
index efa5295..43496f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_cpu.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void cpu_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu)
cpu_pmu->free_irq = cpu_pmu_free_irq;

/* Ensure the PMU has sane values out of reset. */
- if (cpu_pmu && cpu_pmu->reset)
+ if (cpu_pmu->reset)
on_each_cpu(cpu_pmu->reset, cpu_pmu, 1);
}

--
1.7.4.5

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