new_inode() may return NULL, so only derefence the return inode when non NULL. This is merely a cleanup as calling ubifs_inode() on a NULL pointer doesn't do any harm, only using the return value would. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ubifs/dir.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c index 0b98e3c8b461..cfce5fee9262 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c @@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ struct inode *ubifs_new_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *dir, } inode = new_inode(c->vfs_sb); - ui = ubifs_inode(inode); if (!inode) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + ui = ubifs_inode(inode); /* * Set 'S_NOCMTIME' to prevent VFS form updating [mc]time of inodes and * marking them dirty in file write path (see 'file_update_time()'). -- 2.24.0.rc1
