The definition of IS_ERR() already applies the unlikely() notation when checking the error status of the passed pointer. For this reason there is no need to have the same notation outside of IS_ERR() itself. Clean up code by removing redundant notation. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c index cb85610527c2..55bcfb74f51f 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int __ebs_rw_bvec(struct ebs_c *ec, int rw, struct bio_vec *bv, struct bv else ba = dm_bufio_new(ec->bufio, block, &b); - if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ba))) { + if (IS_ERR(ba)) { /* * Carry on with next buffer, if any, to issue all possible * data but return error. -- 2.29.2 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel