fpga manager: remove unnecessary null pointer checks

Remove unnecessary null pointer checks.  We want the caller of
these functions to do their own pointer checks.  Add some
comments to document this.

Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@opensource.altera.com>
Reviewed-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Alan Tull 2015-10-22 12:38:38 -05:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 654ba4cc0f
commit 92d94a7ec5
1 changed files with 4 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ static struct class *fpga_mgr_class;
*
* Step the low level fpga manager through the device-specific steps of getting
* an FPGA ready to be configured, writing the image to it, then doing whatever
* post-configuration steps necessary.
* post-configuration steps necessary. This code assumes the caller got the
* mgr pointer from of_fpga_mgr_get() and checked that it is not an error code.
*
* Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
@ -48,9 +49,6 @@ int fpga_mgr_buf_load(struct fpga_manager *mgr, u32 flags, const char *buf,
struct device *dev = &mgr->dev;
int ret;
if (!mgr)
return -ENODEV;
/*
* Call the low level driver's write_init function. This will do the
* device-specific things to get the FPGA into the state where it is
@ -100,7 +98,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_mgr_buf_load);
*
* Request an FPGA image using the firmware class, then write out to the FPGA.
* Update the state before each step to provide info on what step failed if
* there is a failure.
* there is a failure. This code assumes the caller got the mgr pointer
* from of_fpga_mgr_get() and checked that it is not an error code.
*
* Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
@ -111,9 +110,6 @@ int fpga_mgr_firmware_load(struct fpga_manager *mgr, u32 flags,
const struct firmware *fw;
int ret;
if (!mgr)
return -ENODEV;
dev_info(dev, "writing %s to %s\n", image_name, mgr->name);
mgr->state = FPGA_MGR_STATE_FIRMWARE_REQ;