linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] audit: remove redundant condition check in kauditd

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRfEkPCC-T1W2AOD2FTkUD4Z=BT=R+-kF+=Rejv9fyWOw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:54:58 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com>
Cc:     Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, linux-audit@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hushiyuan@...wei.com,
        linfeilong@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: remove redundant condition check in kauditd_thread()

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:14 AM Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com> wrote:
> On 2019/10/25 13:43, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On October 23, 2019 3:27:50 PM Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com> wrote:
> >> Warning is found by the code analysis tool:
> >>  "the condition 'if(ac && rc < 0)' is redundant: ac"
> >>
> >>
> >> The @ac variable has been checked before. It can't be a null pointer
> >> here, so remove the redundant condition check.
> >>
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com>
> >> ---
> >> kernel/audit.c | 4 ++--
> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thank you for the patch.  Looking quickly at it, it appears to be correct, unfortunately I'm not in a position to merge non-critical patches, but I expect to merge this next week.
> >
> ok, thanks.

I was able to find some time today to take a closer look and it still
looks good to me so I've merge it into audit/next - thanks!

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com