Notice that mgr = to_fpga_manager(dev); expands to: mgr = container_of(dev, struct fpga_manager, dev);
and container_of is never null, so this null check is unnecessary. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397916 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsi...@embeddedor.com> --- drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c index 188ffef..33063ca 100644 --- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c +++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-mgr.c @@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ static struct fpga_manager *__fpga_mgr_get(struct device *dev) int ret = -ENODEV; mgr = to_fpga_manager(dev); - if (!mgr) - goto err_dev; /* Get exclusive use of fpga manager */ if (!mutex_trylock(&mgr->ref_mutex)) { -- 2.7.4