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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 06:32:25 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
To:     Tang Bin <tangbin@cmss.chinamobile.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3]ipmi:bt-bmc:Avoid unnecessary judgement
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On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 07:59:58PM +0800, Tang Bin wrote:
> bt_bmc_probe() is only called with an openfirmware platform device.
> Therefore there is no need to check that the passed in device is NULL or
> that it has an openfirmware node.

I waited until after the merge window closed, this is queued for 5.8.  I
changed the title to be "Avoid unnecessary check".  "Judgement",
although technically correct, has a legal or moral connotation.

Thanks,

-corey

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tang Bin <tangbin@cmss.chinamobile.com>
> ---
> Changes from v2:
>  - improve the commit message.
> 
> Changes from v1:
>  - improve the commit message.
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
> index d36aeacb2..890ad55aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
> @@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ static int bt_bmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct device *dev;
>  	int rc;
>  
> -	if (!pdev || !pdev->dev.of_node)
> -		return -ENODEV;
> -
>  	dev = &pdev->dev;
>  	dev_info(dev, "Found bt bmc device\n");
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1.windows.1
> 
> 
>