linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 017/240] random: remove unnecessary unlikely()

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:48:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 017/240] random: remove unnecessary unlikely()

From: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>

commit 870e05b1b18814911cb2703a977f447cb974f0f9 upstream.

WARN_ON() already contains an unlikely(), so it's not necessary to use
unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190607182517.28266-1-tiny.windzz@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/char/random.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -737,10 +737,9 @@ retry:
 		} while (unlikely(entropy_count < pool_size-2 && pnfrac));
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(entropy_count < 0)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(entropy_count < 0)) {
 		pr_warn("random: negative entropy/overflow: pool %s count %d\n",
 			r->name, entropy_count);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		entropy_count = 0;
 	} else if (entropy_count > pool_size)
 		entropy_count = pool_size;
@@ -1384,10 +1383,9 @@ retry:
 	if (ibytes < min)
 		ibytes = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(entropy_count < 0)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(entropy_count < 0)) {
 		pr_warn("random: negative entropy count: pool %s count %d\n",
 			r->name, entropy_count);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		entropy_count = 0;
 	}
 	nfrac = ibytes << (ENTROPY_SHIFT + 3);