proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're called for a link - it's already done by scan(). Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link() --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c index 82ac5f682b73..d36ef667c0a8 100644 --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file, if (IS_ERR(head)) return false; - if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) { - /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */ - int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table); - if (err) - goto out; - } + /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */ + if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table)) + goto out; ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table); out: -- 2.14.1