That function acts like a typecast - unless NULL is passed in, no NULL can come out. task_in_mem_cgroup() callers don't pass NULL tasks. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 23cf27cca370..bdf8520979cf 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_same_or_subtree(const struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg, bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, const struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { - struct mem_cgroup *curr = NULL; + struct mem_cgroup *curr; struct task_struct *p; bool ret; @@ -1351,8 +1351,7 @@ bool task_in_mem_cgroup(struct task_struct *task, */ rcu_read_lock(); curr = mem_cgroup_from_task(task); - if (curr) - css_get(&curr->css); + css_get(&curr->css); rcu_read_unlock(); } /* -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>