From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:27:43 +0100 The audit_log_end() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/auditsc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index 21eae3c..1fed61c 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1470,8 +1470,7 @@ static void audit_log_exit(struct audit_context *context, struct task_struct *ts /* Send end of event record to help user space know we are finished */ ab = audit_log_start(context, GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_EOE); - if (ab) - audit_log_end(ab); + audit_log_end(ab); if (call_panic) audit_panic("error converting sid to string"); } -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html