anon_inode_inode is allocated by anon_inode_init(), which is fs_initcall and will panic if it couldn't be allocated. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/anon_inodes.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c index 80ef38c..1faff09 100644 --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c @@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, struct path path; struct file *file; - if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); - if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner)) return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); -- 2.1.2 -- 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