linux-kernel - [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in fs/reiserfs/inode.c

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Date:	Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:41:57 +0200
From:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	reiserfs-dev@...esys.com
Subject: [Patch] Remove unnecessary check in fs/reiserfs/inode.c

hi,

since all callers dereference dir, we dont need this check.
Coverity id #337.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>

--- linux-2.6.18-git16/fs/reiserfs/inode.c.orig	2006-10-01 22:40:24.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-git16/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	2006-10-01 22:40:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_t
 		err = -EDQUOT;
 		goto out_end_trans;
 	}
-	if (!dir || !dir->i_nlink) {
+	if (!dir->i_nlink) {
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto out_bad_inode;
 	}


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