linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH] error-injection: remove meaningless null pointer check before debugfs_remove

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Message-ID: <1537494404-16473-1-git-send-email-zhongjiang@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:46:44 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <mhiramat@...nel.org>, <mingo@...nel.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        <keescook@...omium.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH] error-injection: remove meaningless null pointer check before debugfs_remove_recursive

debugfs_remove_recursive has taken the null pointer into account.
just remove the null check before debugfs_remove_recursive.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
---
 kernel/fail_function.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c
index bc80a4e..17f75b5 100644
--- a/kernel/fail_function.c
+++ b/kernel/fail_function.c
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ static void fei_debugfs_remove_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
 	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	dir = debugfs_lookup(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
-	if (dir)
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
 }
 
 static int fei_kprobe_handler(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs)
-- 
1.7.12.4