V4L/DVB (10791): videodev: not possible to register NULL video_device
authorTrent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>
Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:51:52 +0000 (18:51 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:43:03 +0000 (12:43 -0300)
video_register_device_index() checks if it was passed a NULL video_device
pointer (which isn't allowed) _after_ it has already dereferenced it with
video_get_drvdata(vdev).  The checks are clearly pointless and can be
removed, as the function would have crashed before reaching them if vdev
ever was NULL.

Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c

index 922b39e79b8e0876db5863ea3a21b4a064b94b62..231f5dbb18b4baa5a11978fa55b4e1b10340828a 100644 (file)
@@ -366,12 +366,11 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
 
        /* A minor value of -1 marks this video device as never
           having been registered */
-       if (vdev)
-               vdev->minor = -1;
+       vdev->minor = -1;
 
        /* the release callback MUST be present */
-       WARN_ON(!vdev || !vdev->release);
-       if (!vdev || !vdev->release)
+       WARN_ON(!vdev->release);
+       if (!vdev->release)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        /* Part 1: check device type */