linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] fs/anon_inodes.c: Remove unnecessary IS_ERR(anon_inode

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Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:42:38 -0500
From:	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] fs/anon_inodes.c: Remove unnecessary IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)

anon_inode_inode is allocated by anon_inode_init(), which is fs_initcall
and will panic if it couldn't be allocated.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
---
 fs/anon_inodes.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 80ef38c..1faff09 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
 	if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
-- 
2.1.2

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