Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> writes:
> My static checker complains that:
>
>       drivers/char/hw_random/core.c:341 hwrng_register()
>       warn: we tested 'old_rng' before and it was 'false'
>
> The problem is that sometimes we test "if (!old_rng)" and sometimes we
> test "if (must_register_misc)".  The static checker knows they are
> equivalent but a human being reading the code could easily be confused.
>
> I have simplified the code by removing the "must_register_misc" variable
> and I have removed the redundant check on "if (!old_rng)".
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com>

Yeah, clearer too.

Reviewed-by: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>

Thanks,
Rusty.

>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index b9495a8c05c6..463382036a01 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ err_misc_dereg:
>  
>  int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
>  {
> -     int must_register_misc;
>       int err = -EINVAL;
>       struct hwrng *old_rng, *tmp;
>  
> @@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
>                       goto out_unlock;
>       }
>  
> -     must_register_misc = (current_rng == NULL);
>       old_rng = current_rng;
>       if (!old_rng) {
>               err = hwrng_init(rng);
> @@ -335,13 +333,11 @@ int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
>               current_rng = rng;
>       }
>       err = 0;
> -     if (must_register_misc) {
> +     if (!old_rng) {
>               err = register_miscdev();
>               if (err) {
> -                     if (!old_rng) {
> -                             hwrng_cleanup(rng);
> -                             current_rng = NULL;
> -                     }
> +                     hwrng_cleanup(rng);
> +                     current_rng = NULL;
>                       goto out_unlock;
>               }
>       }
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