We can't get to this point unless it's a valid pointer. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d11f404..3374917 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ do_last: path_to_nameidata(&path, &nd); error = -EISDIR; - if (path.dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) + if (S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto exit; ok: /* -- 1.5.5.6 -- 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