From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 14:40:18 +0200 The brelse() 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/ext2/super.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c index baa36c6fb71e..30c630d73f0f 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/super.c +++ b/fs/ext2/super.c @@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb) } db_count = sbi->s_gdb_count; for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++) - if (sbi->s_group_desc[i]) - brelse (sbi->s_group_desc[i]); + brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]); kfree(sbi->s_group_desc); kfree(sbi->s_debts); percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter); -- 2.23.0