From: David Binder <david.binder@unisys.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 03:17:15 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: staging: unisys: visornic: remove extraneous error check
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e1834bd0f6e2e00b04dc992d15051fb43790814e;p=linux-beck.git

staging: unisys: visornic: remove extraneous error check

Removes an extraneous error check in devdata_initialize(), and updates the
function comment accordingly.

Signed-off-by: David Binder <david.binder@unisys.com>
Reviewed-by: Tim Sell <Timothy.Sell@unisys.com>
Signed-off-by: David Kershner <david.kershner@unisys.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index af81d3131cb7..4e3e67c7fe4e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -1342,13 +1342,11 @@ visornic_rx(struct uiscmdrsp *cmdrsp)
  *
  *	Setup initial values for the visornic based on channel and default
  *	values.
- *	Returns a pointer to the devdata if successful, else NULL
+ *	Returns a pointer to the devdata structure
  */
 static struct visornic_devdata *
 devdata_initialize(struct visornic_devdata *devdata, struct visor_device *dev)
 {
-	if (!devdata)
-		return NULL;
 	devdata->dev = dev;
 	devdata->incarnation_id = get_jiffies_64();
 	return devdata;