The Coverity checker spotted that we have already oops'ed if "us" was NULL.
Since "us" can't be NULL in the only caller this patch removes the NULL check. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c.old 2007-07-30 16:56:34.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1/drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c 2007-07-30 16:57:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ static int usbat_check_status(struct us_ unsigned char *reply = us->iobuf; int rc; - if (!us) - return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR; - rc = usbat_get_status(us, reply); if (rc != USB_STOR_XFER_GOOD) return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_FAILED; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/