In this scenario, there is no case where va_page is NULL, and the error has been checked. The if condition statement here is redundant, so remove the condition detection. Reported-by: Jia Zhang <zhang.jia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c index 1c6ecf9fbeff..efad2fb61c76 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c @@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ static int sgx_encl_create(struct sgx_encl *encl, struct sgx_secs *secs) va_page = sgx_encl_grow(encl); if (IS_ERR(va_page)) return PTR_ERR(va_page); - else if (va_page) - list_add(&va_page->list, &encl->va_pages); - /* else the tail page of the VA page list had free slots. */ + + if (WARN_ONCE(!va_page, + "the tail page of the VA page list had free slots\n")) + return -EIO; + + list_add(&va_page->list, &encl->va_pages); /* The extra page goes to SECS. */ encl_size = secs->size + PAGE_SIZE; -- 2.19.1.3.ge56e4f7