From: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx> In case of error, the function kthread_create returns an ERR pointer, but never returns a NULL pointer. So a NULL test that comes before an IS_ERR test should be deleted. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @match_bad_null_test@ expression x, E; statement S1,S2; @@ x = kthread_create(...) ... when != x = E * if (x == NULL) S1 else S2 // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ubifs/super.c | 4 ---- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c index 667c72d..d87b0cf 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/super.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c @@ -1032,8 +1032,6 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c) /* Create background thread */ c->bgt = kthread_create(ubifs_bg_thread, c, c->bgt_name); - if (!c->bgt) - c->bgt = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); if (IS_ERR(c->bgt)) { err = PTR_ERR(c->bgt); c->bgt = NULL; @@ -1347,8 +1345,6 @@ static int ubifs_remount_rw(struct ubifs_info *c) /* Create background thread */ c->bgt = kthread_create(ubifs_bg_thread, c, c->bgt_name); - if (!c->bgt) - c->bgt = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); if (IS_ERR(c->bgt)) { err = PTR_ERR(c->bgt); c->bgt = NULL; -- 1.5.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
