linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] GFS2: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls

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Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:05:35 +0000
From:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	cluster-devel@...hat.com
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] GFS2: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function
 calls

Hi,

Now in the GFS2 -nmw git tree. Thanks,

Steve.

On 18/11/14 10:35, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:31:23 +0100
>
> The functions iput() and put_pid() test whether their argument is NULL
> and then return immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>   fs/gfs2/glock.c      | 3 +--
>   fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 3 +--
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
> index 7f513b1..f4aa085 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
> @@ -836,8 +836,7 @@ void gfs2_holder_reinit(unsigned int state, unsigned flags, struct gfs2_holder *
>   	gh->gh_flags = flags;
>   	gh->gh_iflags = 0;
>   	gh->gh_ip = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
> -	if (gh->gh_owner_pid)
> -		put_pid(gh->gh_owner_pid);
> +	put_pid(gh->gh_owner_pid);
>   	gh->gh_owner_pid = get_pid(task_pid(current));
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
> index d3eae24..272ff81 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
> @@ -918,8 +918,7 @@ fail_qc_i:
>   fail_ut_i:
>   	iput(sdp->sd_sc_inode);
>   fail:
> -	if (pn)
> -		iput(pn);
> +	iput(pn);
>   	return error;
>   }
>   

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