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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] staging: kpc2000: remove unnecessary assertion on priv
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 04:58:24PM -0600, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In kpc_dma_transfer(), the assertion that priv is NULL is never
> satisfied. The two callers of the function, dereference the priv
> pointer before the call is executed. This patch removes the
> unnecessary BUG_ON call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
> ---
> v1: Replace the recovery code by removing the assertion, as suggested
> by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
> ---
> drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c b/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c
> index cb52bd9a6d2f..61d762535823 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc_dma/fileops.c
> @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ static int kpc_dma_transfer(struct dev_private_data *priv,
> u64 dma_addr;
> u64 user_ctl;
>
> - BUG_ON(priv == NULL);
> ldev = priv->ldev;
> BUG_ON(ldev == NULL);

ldev is also obviously never NULL so you can remove that at the same
time.

thanks,

greg k-h

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