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Message-ID: <558AAEAF.7040606@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:20:47 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] keys: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call
 "key_put"

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:16:35 +0200

The key_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>
---
 security/keys/process_keys.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index bd536cb..225dd08 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ int install_session_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *cred, struct key *keyring)
 	old = cred->session_keyring;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(cred->session_keyring, keyring);
 
-	if (old)
-		key_put(old);
-
+	key_put(old);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.4.4

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