linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] uprobes: remove check for uprobe variable in handle

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Date:	Tue,  7 Aug 2012 18:12:30 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakaynahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	stan_shebs@...tor.com,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] uprobes: remove check for uprobe variable in handle_swbp()

by the time we get here (after we pass cleanup_ret) uprobe is always is
set. If it is NULL we leave very early in the code.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c |   16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 41a2555..c8e5204 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1528,17 +1528,15 @@ cleanup_ret:
 		utask->active_uprobe = NULL;
 		utask->state = UTASK_RUNNING;
 	}
-	if (uprobe) {
-		if (!(uprobe->flags & UPROBE_SKIP_SSTEP))
+	if (!(uprobe->flags & UPROBE_SKIP_SSTEP))
 
-			/*
-			 * cannot singlestep; cannot skip instruction;
-			 * re-execute the instruction.
-			 */
-			instruction_pointer_set(regs, bp_vaddr);
+		/*
+		 * cannot singlestep; cannot skip instruction;
+		 * re-execute the instruction.
+		 */
+		instruction_pointer_set(regs, bp_vaddr);
 
-		put_uprobe(uprobe);
-	}
+	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.10.4

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