From: Tobias Klauser Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:39:12 +0000 (+0200) Subject: staging: vt6656: Remove unnecesssary NULL check X-Git-Tag: v3.16-rc1~30^2~36^2~917 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=34bdb981f7cb446259b0999d40f090c16f732eca;p=linux.git staging: vt6656: Remove unnecesssary NULL check pFifoHead points to tx_buffer->fifo_head which can never be NULL. We also don't need to check for tx_buffer being NULL instead, since it always points to ->Data of struct vnt_usb_send_context - the pointer to which was checked before calling s_vGenerateTxParameter(). Silences a dereference before NULL check warning reported by the coverity scanner in CID 1127221. Cc: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c index 1ff14469df99..abd1a26ce417 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c @@ -813,9 +813,6 @@ static u16 s_vGenerateTxParameter(struct vnt_private *pDevice, else if (wFifoCtl & FIFOCTL_AUTO_FB_1) byFBOption = AUTO_FB_1; - if (!pFifoHead) - return 0; - if (byPktType == PK_TYPE_11GB || byPktType == PK_TYPE_11GA) { if (need_rts) { struct vnt_rrv_time_rts *pBuf =