[PATCH] USB-mxuport: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Sun Jun 28 2015 - 09:09:33 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:59:04 +0200

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/usb/serial/mxuport.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
index 460a406..92f7aee 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,7 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
*/
usb_set_serial_data(serial, (void *)id->driver_info);
out:
- if (fw_p)
- release_firmware(fw_p);
+ release_firmware(fw_p);
return err;
}

--
2.4.4

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