linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH] tracing: Deletion of an unnecessary check before iput()

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Message-ID: <20141120101903.17a92fed@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:19:03 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH] tracing: Deletion of an unnecessary check before
 iput()

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace.git
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Head SHA1: 16a8ef2751801346f1f76a18685b2beb63cd170f


Markus Elfring (1):
      tracing: Deletion of an unnecessary check before iput()

----
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
---------------------------
commit 16a8ef2751801346f1f76a18685b2beb63cd170f
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Sun Nov 16 14:46:28 2014 +0100

    tracing: Deletion of an unnecessary check before iput()
    
    The iput() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
    returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
    
    This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5468F875.7080907@users.sourceforge.net
    
    Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
    Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index fd76f8e108ef..8520acc34b18 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ error:
 	return ret;
 
 fail_address_parse:
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);
+	iput(inode);
 
 	pr_info("Failed to parse address or file.\n");
 
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