netdev - [PATCH][IPVS] Relax the module get/put in ip_vs

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:58:14 +0300
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: [PATCH][IPVS] Relax the module get/put in ip_vs_app.c

Both try_module_get/module_put already handle the module == NULL
case, so no need in manual checking.

This patch fits both net-2.6 and net-2.6.25.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

---

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
index 664cb8e..535abe0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(__ip_vs_app_mutex);
  */
 static inline int ip_vs_app_get(struct ip_vs_app *app)
 {
-	/* test and get the module atomically */
-	if (app->module)
-		return try_module_get(app->module);
-	else
-		return 1;
+	return try_module_get(app->module);
 }
 
 
 static inline void ip_vs_app_put(struct ip_vs_app *app)
 {
-	if (app->module)
-		module_put(app->module);
+	module_put(app->module);
 }
 
 
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