Re: [PATCH] chardev: Simplify usage of try_module_get()

[Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 03:24:42PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> try_module_get(NULL) is true, so there is no need to check owner being
> NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/char_dev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
> index 950b6919fb87..6ba032442b39 100644
> --- a/fs/char_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/char_dev.c
> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
>  	struct module *owner = p->owner;
>  	struct kobject *kobj;
>  
> -	if (owner && !try_module_get(owner))
> +	if (!try_module_get(owner))
>  		return NULL;
>  	kobj = kobject_get_unless_zero(&p->kobj);
>  	if (!kobj)

I wouldn't mind that, if that logics in try_module_get() was inlined.
It isn't...