[PATCH] staging: most: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "module_put"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Nov 05 2015 - 08:40:47 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 14:34:43 +0100

The module_put() 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/staging/most/mostcore/core.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c b/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
index 19852ca..ed1ed25 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,7 @@ out:
return 0;

error:
- if (iface->mod)
- module_put(iface->mod);
+ module_put(iface->mod);
modref--;
mutex_unlock(&c->start_mutex);
return ret;
--
2.6.2

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