From d91cfeb0aa79445fcfa9f523a5b57c5e9f4113ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RAGHU Halharvi Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:50:09 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180717102009.7708-1-raghuhack78@gmail.com --- kernel/irq/manage.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c index 1f8be33..a66c58f 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); -- 2.7.4