linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/kernfs/dir.c: Clean code by removing always true condition

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Message-ID: <20200107155110.GA2677547@devbig004.ftw2.facebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 07:51:10 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     mateusznosek0@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/kernfs/dir.c: Clean code by removing always true
 condition

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 08:16:28PM +0100, mateusznosek0@...il.com wrote:
> From: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>
> 
> Previously there was an additional check if variable pos is not null.
> However, this check happens after entering while loop and only then,
> which can happen only if pos is not null.
> Therefore the additional check is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Greg, can you please route this one?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun