We changed this around in f13058a93484 ('nfsd: reorganize nfsd_create') so "dchild" can't be an error pointer any more. Also we don't need to test if dchild is NULL because dput has a check built-in. Can it even be NULL? Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index c844fd6..cd628ce 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ nfsd_create_locked(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, char *fname, int flen, struct iattr *iap, int type, dev_t rdev, struct svc_fh *resfhp) { - struct dentry *dentry, *dchild = NULL; + struct dentry *dentry, *dchild; struct inode *dirp; __be32 err; __be32 err2; @@ -1208,8 +1208,7 @@ nfsd_create_locked(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, if (!err) err = fh_update(resfhp); out: - if (dchild && !IS_ERR(dchild)) - dput(dchild); + dput(dchild); return err; out_nfserr: -- 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