path[depth].p_hdr can never be NULL for a path passed to us (and even if it could, EXT_LAST_EXTENT() would make something != NULL from it). So just remove the branch. Coverity-id: 1196498 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index 0b16fb4c06d3..31cd9b5c6419 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -5239,8 +5239,6 @@ ext4_ext_shift_path_extents(struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t shift, return -EIO; ex_last = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(path[depth].p_hdr); - if (!ex_last) - return -EIO; err = ext4_access_path(handle, inode, path + depth); if (err) -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html