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driver core: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "put_device"

The put_device() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Markus Elfring 10 years ago
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      drivers/base/core.c

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drivers/base/core.c

@@ -1095,8 +1095,7 @@ done:
 	kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
  Error:
 	cleanup_device_parent(dev);
-	if (parent)
-		put_device(parent);
+	put_device(parent);
 name_error:
 	kfree(dev->p);
 	dev->p = NULL;