This code is not executed before ds1307->rtc has been successfully

initialized to the result of calling rtc_device_register.  Thus the test
that ds1307->rtc is not NULL is always true.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@match exists@
expression x, E;
statement S1, S2;
@@

x = rtc_device_register(...)
... when != x = E
(
*  if (x == NULL || ...) S1 else S2
|
*  if (x == NULL && ...) S1 else S2
)
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c

@@ -896,8 +896,7 @@ read_rtc:
 	return 0;
 
 exit_irq:
-	if (ds1307->rtc)
-		rtc_device_unregister(ds1307->rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ds1307->rtc);
 exit_free:
 	kfree(ds1307);
 	return err;