+ lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: lib/test_kmod.c: remove a NULL test
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test.patch

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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/test_kmod.c: remove a NULL test

The "info" pointer has already been dereferenced so checking here is too
late.  Fortunately, we never pass NULL pointers to the
test_kmod_put_module() function so the test can simply be removed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200228092452.vwkhthsn77nrxdy6@kili.mountain
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/test_kmod.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/test_kmod.c~lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test
+++ a/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void test_kmod_put_module(struct
 	case TEST_KMOD_DRIVER:
 		break;
 	case TEST_KMOD_FS_TYPE:
-		if (info && info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
+		if (info->fs_sync && info->fs_sync->owner)
 			module_put(info->fs_sync->owner);
 		break;
 	default:
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

lib-test_kmod-remove-a-null-test.patch
loop-use-worker-per-cgroup-instead-of-kworker-fix.patch




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