From 16a8ef2751801346f1f76a18685b2beb63cd170f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:46:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Deletion of an unnecessary check before iput()
The iput() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5468F875.7080907@users.sourceforge.net
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index fd76f8e108ef..8520acc34b18 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ error:
return ret;
fail_address_parse:
- if (inode)
- iput(inode);
+ iput(inode);
pr_info("Failed to parse address or file.\n");