From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] netlink: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "__module_get" Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:28:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20141119.152801.1458359057740370487.davem@davemloft.net> References: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <546BA747.6000703@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, cocci@systeme.lip6.fr To: elfring@users.sourceforge.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <546BA747.6000703@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: SF Markus Elfring Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:08:39 +0100 > From: Markus Elfring > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:03:13 +0100 > > The __module_get() 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. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Applied, thanks.