linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib/kobject.c : Remove redundant check in create

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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:25:53 +0800
From:	yan <clouds.yan@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, message.get@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH] lib/kobject.c : Remove redundant check in create_dir

create_dir is a static function used only in kobject_add_internal.
There's no need to do check here, for kobject_add_internal will 
reject kobject with invalid name.

Signed-off-by: Yan Hong <clouds.yan@...il.com>
---
 lib/kobject.c |   12 +++++-------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index aeefa8b..38fcc60 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ static int populate_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	if (kobject_name(kobj)) {
-		error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
-		if (!error) {
-			error = populate_dir(kobj);
-			if (error)
-				sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
-		}
+	error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+	if (!error) {
+		error = populate_dir(kobj);
+		if (error)
+			sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
-- 
1.7.5.1



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