linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lockd: remove redundant check on block

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:56:33 -0400
From:   "J . Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockd: remove redundant check on block

On Sat, Apr 08, 2017 at 06:09:59PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> A null check followed by a return is being performed already, so block
> is always non-null at the second check on block, hence we can remove
> this redundant null-check (Detected by PVS-Studio).  Also re-work
> comment to clean up a check-patch warning.

Thanks, applying for 4.12.--b.