[PATCH] SCSI-csiostor: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Feb 06 2015 - 13:29:22 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 19:10:25 +0100

The release_firmware() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
index 35c5f83..37fa8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.c
@@ -2117,8 +2117,7 @@ csio_hw_flash_fw(struct csio_hw *hw, int *reset)
hw->fw_state, reset);

/* Cleaning up */
- if (fw != NULL)
- release_firmware(fw);
+ release_firmware(fw);
kfree(card_fw);
return ret;
}
--
2.2.2

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