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authorRAGHU Halharvi <raghuhack78@gmail.com>2018-07-17 12:20:09 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-07-17 13:35:44 +0200
commitd91cfeb0aa79445fcfa9f523a5b57c5e9f4113ec (patch)
tree79a47e8f19747373471a978a1d8dbad330bea707 /kernel/irq
parentgenirq: Synchronize only with single thread on free_irq() (diff)
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genirq: Remove redundant NULL pointer check in __free_irq()
The NULL pointer check in __free_irq() triggers a 'dereference before NULL pointer check' warning in static code analysis. It turns out that the check is redundant because all callers have a NULL pointer check already. Remove it. Signed-off-by: RAGHU Halharvi <raghuhack78@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180717102009.7708-1-raghuhack78@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/irq')
-rw-r--r--kernel/irq/manage.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 1f8be33572a7..a66c58f91bff 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1570,9 +1570,6 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, void *dev_id)
WARN(in_interrupt(), "Trying to free IRQ %d from IRQ context!\n", irq);
- if (!desc)
- return NULL;
-
mutex_lock(&desc->request_mutex);
chip_bus_lock(desc);
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);