We are guaranteed that 'nst' is non-null because it is allocated with xmalloc(), and in fact we rely on this three lines later by unconditionally dereferencing it. Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- streaming.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/streaming.c b/streaming.c index d7c9f32..8a7135d 100644 --- a/streaming.c +++ b/streaming.c @@ -151,10 +151,7 @@ struct git_istream *open_istream(const unsigned char *sha1, } if (filter) { /* Add "&& !is_null_stream_filter(filter)" for performance */ - struct git_istream *nst = attach_stream_filter(st, filter); - if (!nst) - close_istream(st); - st = nst; + st = attach_stream_filter(st, filter); } *size = st->size; -- 1.9.rc0.187.g6292fff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html