+ autofs4-remove-unneeded-null-check-in-try_to_fill_dentry.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     autofs4: remove unneeded null check in try_to_fill_dentry()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     autofs4-remove-unneeded-null-check-in-try_to_fill_dentry.patch

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Subject: autofs4: remove unneeded null check in try_to_fill_dentry()
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

After 97e7449a7ad: "autofs4: fix indirect mount pending expire race" we no
longer assumed that "ino" can be null.  The other null checks got removed
but this was one was missed.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/autofs4/root.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/autofs4/root.c~autofs4-remove-unneeded-null-check-in-try_to_fill_dentry fs/autofs4/root.c
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c~autofs4-remove-unneeded-null-check-in-try_to_fill_dentry
+++ a/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct den
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize expiry counter after successful mount */
-	if (ino)
-		ino->last_used = jiffies;
+	ino->last_used = jiffies;
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from error27@xxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
mtd-sst25l-check-for-null-consistently.patch
scsi-remove-superfluous-null-pointer-check-from-scsi_kill_request.patch
padata-add-parenthesis-in-max_seq_nr-macro.patch
keys-propagate-error-code-instead-of-returning-einval.patch
autofs4-remove-unneeded-null-check-in-try_to_fill_dentry.patch

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