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Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform: x86: Deletion of checks before backlight_device_unregister()

From: Anisse Astier <hidden>
Date: 2014-11-24 21:30:59
Also in: lkml, platform-driver-x86

Hi Markus,

Le lundi 24 novembre 2014, 20:40:22 SF Markus Elfring a écrit :
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:30:29 +0100

The backlight_device_unregister() 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.
What script was used ? Is it in scripts/coccinelle ?

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
index 70222f2..6d2bac0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ static void __exit msi_wmi_exit(void)
 		sparse_keymap_free(msi_wmi_input_dev);
 		input_unregister_device(msi_wmi_input_dev);
 	}
-	if (backlight)
-		backlight_device_unregister(backlight);
+	backlight_device_unregister(backlight);
 }

 module_init(msi_wmi_init);
For this part:
Acked-by: Anisse Astier <redacted>

Regards,

Anisse
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