The patch titled kernel/cgroup.c: remove dead code has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kernel-cgroupc-remove-dead-code.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: kernel/cgroup.c: remove dead code From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch removes dead code spotted by the Coverity checker (look at the "(nbytes >= PATH_MAX)" check). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup.c | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/cgroup.c~kernel-cgroupc-remove-dead-code kernel/cgroup.c --- a/kernel/cgroup.c~kernel-cgroupc-remove-dead-code +++ a/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -1355,16 +1355,14 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_common_file_write( if (nbytes && (buffer[nbytes-1] == '\n')) { buffer[nbytes-1] = 0; } - if (nbytes < sizeof(root->release_agent_path)) { - /* We never write anything other than '\0' - * into the last char of release_agent_path, - * so it always remains a NUL-terminated - * string */ - strncpy(root->release_agent_path, buffer, nbytes); - root->release_agent_path[nbytes] = 0; - } else { - retval = -ENOSPC; - } + + /* We never write anything other than '\0' + * into the last char of release_agent_path, + * so it always remains a NUL-terminated + * string */ + strncpy(root->release_agent_path, buffer, nbytes); + root->release_agent_path[nbytes] = 0; + break; } default: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from bunk@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch powerpc-vdso_do_func_patch3264-must-be-__init.patch powerpc-free_property-mustnt-be-__init.patch hvc_rtas_init-must-be-__init.patch git-dvb.patch git-gfs2-nmw.patch git-ocfs2.patch if-0-pci_cleanup_aer_correct_error_status.patch scsi-aic94xx-cleanups.patch scsi-qlogicptic-section-fixes.patch usb-make-usb_storage_onetouch-available-with-pm.patch make-b43_mac_enablesuspend-static.patch git-xtensa.patch kill-udffs_dateversion.patch the-scheduled-time-option-removal.patch reiser4.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html