rpcb_getport_async() invokes rpcb_call_async(), which return the value of rpc_run_task() to "child". Since rpc_run_task() is impossible to return an ERR pointer, there is no need to add the IS_ERR() condition on "child" here. So we need to remove it. Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c index 4a020b688860..c27123e6ba80 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c @@ -795,12 +795,6 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task) child = rpcb_call_async(rpcb_clnt, map, proc); rpc_release_client(rpcb_clnt); - if (IS_ERR(child)) { - /* rpcb_map_release() has freed the arguments */ - dprintk("RPC: %5u %s: rpc_run_task failed\n", - task->tk_pid, __func__); - return; - } xprt->stat.bind_count++; rpc_put_task(child); -- 2.7.4