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-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c8
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index de3027521bfa..4072449ad1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ static void __init dmi_save_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
}
}
-static struct dmi_device empty_oem_string_dev = {
- .name = dmi_empty_string,
-};
-
static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
{
int i, count = *(u8 *)(dm + 1);
@@ -229,10 +225,8 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
- if (!strcmp(devname, dmi_empty_string)) {
- list_add(&empty_oem_string_dev.list, &dmi_devices);
+ if (devname == dmi_empty_string)
continue;
- }
dev = dmi_alloc(sizeof(*dev));
if (!dev) {