id = 2031
title = "Redundant comparison"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2023-12-11T13:38:17.912Z"
closed_at = "2023-12-11T15:49:31.515Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2031"
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description = """The result of the function `qdev_get_hotplug_handler` is always __NULL__. That is why the comparison in the line №502 is redundant:

https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/master/hw/core/qdev.c#L501

This code will never be executed:

https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/master/hw/core/qdev.c#L502-L507

Found by Linux Verification Center (portal.linuxtesting.ru) with SVACE.

Author A. Voronin."""
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