linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/10] VFS: tiny optimisation in open

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Date:	Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:50:29 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] VFS: tiny optimisation in open_other handling.

If IS_ERR(ret), then ret != NULL, so if we are performing the second
test we don't need the first.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
---
 fs/open.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 89e4f34..b986ca1 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	if (!open && f->f_op && f->f_op->open_other) {
 		/* NULL means keep f, non-error non-null means replace */
 		ret = f->f_op->open_other(f);
-		if (IS_ERR(ret) || ret != NULL)
+		if (ret)
 			goto cleanup_all;
 	} else {
 		if (!open && f->f_op)


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