+ proc-remove-useless-check-on-symlink-removal.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     proc: remove useless check on symlink removal
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     proc-remove-useless-check-on-symlink-removal.patch

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Subject: proc: remove useless check on symlink removal
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxx>

proc symlinks always have valid ->data containing destination of symlink.  No
need to check it on removal -- proc_symlink() already done it.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/proc/generic.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/generic.c~proc-remove-useless-check-on-symlink-removal fs/proc/generic.c
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c~proc-remove-useless-check-on-symlink-removal
+++ a/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void free_proc_entry(struct proc_dir_ent
 
 	release_inode_number(ino);
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(de->mode) && de->data)
+	if (S_ISLNK(de->mode))
 		kfree(de->data);
 	kfree(de);
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxx are

origin.patch
proc-remove-module_license.patch
proc-less-lock-operations-during-lookup.patch
proc-simplify-function-prototypes.patch
proc-remove-useless-check-on-symlink-removal.patch
proc-remove-useless-checks-in-proc_register.patch
single_open-seq_release-leak-diagnostics.patch

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