linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] nilfs2: delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

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Date:   Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:48:02 +0900
From:   Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] nilfs2: delete unnecessary checks before brelse()

From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>

The brelse() inline function tests whether its argument is NULL
and then returns immediately.
Thus remove the tests which are not needed around the shown calls.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220819081700.96279-1-chi.minghao@zte.com.cn
Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
---
 fs/nilfs2/btree.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
index 9f4d9432d38a..b9d15c3df3cc 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c
@@ -1668,8 +1668,7 @@ static int nilfs_btree_check_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, __u64 key)
 	maxkey = nilfs_btree_node_get_key(node, nchildren - 1);
 	nextmaxkey = (nchildren > 1) ?
 		nilfs_btree_node_get_key(node, nchildren - 2) : 0;
-	if (bh != NULL)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	return (maxkey == key) && (nextmaxkey < NILFS_BMAP_LARGE_LOW);
 }
@@ -1717,8 +1716,7 @@ static int nilfs_btree_gather_data(struct nilfs_bmap *btree,
 		ptrs[i] = le64_to_cpu(dptrs[i]);
 	}
 
-	if (bh != NULL)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	return nitems;
 }
-- 
2.34.1