IS_ERR() macro it is already including unlikely(). Signed-off-by: Hirofumi Nakagawa <nklabs@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index c75ea03ca147..00384488fda1 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3458,7 +3458,7 @@ static int do_tmpfile(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags, goto out; child = vfs_tmpfile(path.dentry, op->mode, op->open_flag); error = PTR_ERR(child); - if (unlikely(IS_ERR(child))) + if (IS_ERR(child)) goto out2; dput(path.dentry); path.dentry = child; -- 2.14.1