From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 10:00:26 +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> --- kernel/kprobes.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c index c90e417..52e3529 100644 --- a/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -1531,10 +1531,7 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) out: mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); - - if (probed_mod) - module_put(probed_mod); - + module_put(probed_mod); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kprobe); -- 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
