From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:17:18 +0200 The iput() 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> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c index 888d5f8..81f7d6c 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c @@ -611,8 +611,7 @@ static void virtballoon_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev) cancel_work_sync(&vb->update_balloon_stats_work); remove_common(vb); - if (vb->vb_dev_info.inode) - iput(vb->vb_dev_info.inode); + iput(vb->vb_dev_info.inode); kfree(vb); } -- 2.9.2 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization