linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib/test_kmod: remove a NULL test

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Message-ID: <20200228092452.vwkhthsn77nrxdy6@kili.mountain>
Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:24:52 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lib/test_kmod: remove a NULL test

The "info" pointer has already been dereferenced so checking here is
too late.  Fortunately, we never pass NULL pointers to the
test_kmod_put_module() function so the test can simply be removed.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 lib/test_kmod.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_kmod.c b/lib/test_kmod.c
index 9cf77628fc91..e651c37d56db 100644
--- a/lib/test_kmod.c
+++ b/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void test_kmod_put_module(struct kmod_test_device_info *info)
 	case TEST_KMOD_DRIVER:
 		break;
 	case TEST_KMOD_FS_TYPE:
-		if (info && info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
+		if (info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
 			module_put(info->fs_sync->owner);
 		break;
 	default:
-- 
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