linux-kernel - [PATCH] arch: metag: mm: hugetlbpage.c: Fix to remove null pointer checks that could never happen

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Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 01:11:58 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	linux-metag@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arch: metag: mm: hugetlbpage.c:  Fix to remove null pointer checks that could never happen

Removal of null pointer checks that could never happen

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 0424315..e89c843 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ new_search:
 				mm->context.part_huge = 0;
 			return addr;
 		}
-		if (vma && (vma->vm_flags & MAP_HUGETLB)) {
+		if ((vma->vm_flags & MAP_HUGETLB)) {
 			/* space after a huge vma in 2nd level page table? */
 			if (vma->vm_end & HUGEPT_MASK) {
 				after_huge = 1;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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