IS_ERR(NULL) is false and IS_ERR() already comes with unlikely()... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/file.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c index ab38b005633c..8076aef9c210 100644 --- a/fs/file.c +++ b/fs/file.c @@ -920,13 +920,8 @@ struct file *get_file_rcu(struct file __rcu **f) struct file __rcu *file; file = __get_file_rcu(f); - if (unlikely(!file)) - return NULL; - - if (unlikely(IS_ERR(file))) - continue; - - return file; + if (!IS_ERR(file)) + return file; } } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_file_rcu); -- 2.39.2