netdev - [PATCH] kcm: remove redundant -ve error check and return path

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:04:12 +0100
From:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kcm: remove redundant -ve error check and return path

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The check for a -ve error is redundant, remove it and just
immediately return the return value from the call to
seq_open_net.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 net/kcm/kcmproc.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/kcm/kcmproc.c b/net/kcm/kcmproc.c
index fda7f47..16c2e03 100644
--- a/net/kcm/kcmproc.c
+++ b/net/kcm/kcmproc.c
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ struct kcm_proc_mux_state {
 static int kcm_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct kcm_seq_muxinfo *muxinfo = PDE_DATA(inode);
-	int err;
 
-	err = seq_open_net(inode, file, &muxinfo->seq_ops,
+	return seq_open_net(inode, file, &muxinfo->seq_ops,
 			   sizeof(struct kcm_proc_mux_state));
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-	return err;
 }
 
 static void kcm_format_mux_header(struct seq_file *seq)
-- 
2.8.1