perf_init_event() can't return NULL. If it did, the error handling is
incomplete and we would crash. I have removed this confusing dead code.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: split it up
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 13f5b942580b..4c24bc4c8a63 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9177,7 +9177,7 @@ static int perf_try_init_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event)
static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
{
- struct pmu *pmu = NULL;
+ struct pmu *pmu;
int idx;
int ret;
@@ -9461,9 +9461,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
}
pmu = perf_init_event(event);
- if (!pmu)
- goto err_ns;
- else if (IS_ERR(pmu)) {
+ if (IS_ERR(pmu)) {
err = PTR_ERR(pmu);
goto err_ns;
}
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