The patch titled
vfs: remove extraneous NULL d_inode check from do_filp_open
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vfs-remove-extraneous-null-d_inode-check-from-do_filp_open.patch
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Subject: vfs: remove extraneous NULL d_inode check from do_filp_open
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
We can't get to this point unless it's a valid pointer.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/namei.c~vfs-remove-extraneous-null-d_inode-check-from-do_filp_open fs/namei.c
--- a/fs/namei.c~vfs-remove-extraneous-null-d_inode-check-from-do_filp_open
+++ a/fs/namei.c
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ do_last:
path_to_nameidata(&path, &nd);
error = -EISDIR;
- if (path.dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+ if (S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
goto exit;
ok:
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx are
vfs-remove-extraneous-null-d_inode-check-from-do_filp_open.patch
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