From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:00:21 +0100
The iput() 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>
---
fs/namei.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ca81416..ce69074 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3759,8 +3759,7 @@ exit2:
dput(dentry);
}
mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
- if (inode)
- iput(inode); /* truncate the inode here */
+ iput(inode); /* truncate the inode here */
inode = NULL;
if (delegated_inode) {
error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
--
2.1.3
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