[PATCH] keys: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "key_put"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Jun 24 2015 - 09:21:09 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:16:35 +0200

The key_put() 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 <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/keys/process_keys.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
index bd536cb..225dd08 100644
--- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
+++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ int install_session_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *cred, struct key *keyring)
old = cred->session_keyring;
rcu_assign_pointer(cred->session_keyring, keyring);

- if (old)
- key_put(old);
-
+ key_put(old);
return 0;
}

--
2.4.4

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