From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:38:12 +0200 The module_put() 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> --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index dea9253..9a0ae71 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int __netlink_remove_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt) out: spin_unlock(&netlink_tap_lock); - if (found && nt->module) + if (found) module_put(nt->module); return found ? 0 : -ENODEV; -- 2.4.5 -- 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