nfs4_proc_layoutget() invokes rpc_run_task(), which return the value to "task". Since rpc_run_task() is impossible to return an ERR pointer, there is no need to add the IS_ERR() condition on "task" here. So we need to remove it. Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c index 512afb1c7867..1c710a7834c2 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c @@ -9191,8 +9191,7 @@ nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, long *timeout) nfs4_init_sequence(&lgp->args.seq_args, &lgp->res.seq_res, 0, 0); task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data); - if (IS_ERR(task)) - return ERR_CAST(task); + status = rpc_wait_for_completion_task(task); if (status != 0) goto out; -- 2.7.4