We dereference 'z' a few lines above this check.
If it was possible to hit this condition, it wouldve
triggered long ago, in the form of a crash.
Spotted with the source checker from Coverity.com.
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude bk-linus/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c linux-2.6/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c
--- bk-linus/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c 2004-06-03 13:40:26.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.c 2004-06-03 13:42:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ int zlib_inflateInit2_(
return Z_VERSION_ERROR;
/* initialize state */
- if (z == NULL)
- return Z_STREAM_ERROR;
z->msg = NULL;
z->state = &WS(z)->internal_state;
z->state->blocks = NULL;