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[PATCH] powerpc/powermac: Simplify bootx_scan_dt_build_struct()

From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-07-20 23:15:30
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Subsystem: linux for power macintosh, linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds

Assign the empty string directly instead of NULL checking namep again.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c
index 72eb99aba40f..abceae91dfde 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c
@@ -284,9 +284,7 @@ static void __init bootx_scan_dt_build_struct(unsigned long base,
 	dt_push_token(OF_DT_BEGIN_NODE, mem_end);
 
 	/* get the node's full name */
-	namep = np->full_name ? (char *)(base + np->full_name) : NULL;
-	if (namep == NULL)
-		namep = "";
+	namep = np->full_name ? (char *)(base + np->full_name) : "";
 	l = strlen(namep);
 
 	DBG("* struct: %s\n", namep);
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