slip: remove dead code within the slip initialization
This following code contains a dead "if (dev).." block:
...
for (i = 0; i < slip_maxdev; i++) {
dev = slip_devs[i];
if (dev == NULL)
break;
}
/* Sorry, too many, all slots in use */
if (i >= slip_maxdev)
return NULL;
if (dev) {
sl = netdev_priv(dev);
if (test_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags)) {
unregister_netdevice(dev);
dev = NULL;
slip_devs[i] = NULL;
}
}
...
The reason is that the code starting with "if (dev).." is never called as
when we found an empty slot (dev == NULL) we break the loop and "if (dev).."
not works eiter the loop ends and we get out with "i >= slip_maxdev".
Signed-off-by: Matvejchikov Ilya <matvejchikov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip.c
index 6f97c59..11c9ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@
static struct slip *sl_alloc(dev_t line)
{
int i;
+ char name[IFNAMSIZ];
struct net_device *dev = NULL;
struct slip *sl;
@@ -735,25 +736,12 @@
if (i >= slip_maxdev)
return NULL;
- if (dev) {
- sl = netdev_priv(dev);
- if (test_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags)) {
- unregister_netdevice(dev);
- dev = NULL;
- slip_devs[i] = NULL;
- }
- }
+ sprintf(name, "sl%d", i);
+ dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, sl_setup);
+ if (!dev)
+ return NULL;
- if (!dev) {
- char name[IFNAMSIZ];
- sprintf(name, "sl%d", i);
-
- dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*sl), name, sl_setup);
- if (!dev)
- return NULL;
- dev->base_addr = i;
- }
-
+ dev->base_addr = i;
sl = netdev_priv(dev);
/* Initialize channel control data */