linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic: remove redundant condition check in writenote

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Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 04:05:22 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic: remove redundant condition check in
 writenote

On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 10:04:34AM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> It is unncessary to use double test for a expression. so just
> remove one of them.

... except when something in that expression might have side effects,
that is.