Subject: [PATCH] cxgb4: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware"

From: SF Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:38:39 +0100

From: Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:28:43 +0100

The release_firmware() 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.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 1147e1e..6d08b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -5129,8 +5129,7 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 				 state, &reset);
 
 		/* Cleaning up */
-		if (fw != NULL)
-			release_firmware(fw);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		t4_free_mem(card_fw);
 
 		if (ret < 0)
-- 
2.2.2