linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] target: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function call "module

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:57:29 -0800
From:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] target: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the
 function call "module_put"

On Fri, 2014-11-21 at 10:30 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:25:45 +0100
> 
> The module_put() 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_transport.c | 3 +--
>  drivers/target/target_core_hba.c              | 6 ++----
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

Applied to target-pending/for-next.

Thanks Markus!

--nab

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