Re: [PATCH] printk: Remove obsoleted check for non-existent "user" object

[Petr Mladek]

On Mon 2023-03-20 00:02:01, Stanislav Kinsburskii wrote:
> From: Stanislav Kinsburskii <stanislav.kinsburski@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The original check for non-null "user" object was introduced by commit
> e11fea92e13f ("kmsg: export printk records to the /dev/kmsg interface") when
> "user" could be NULL if /dev/ksmg was opened for writing.
> 
> Subsequent change 750afe7babd1 ("printk: add kernel parameter to control
> writes to /dev/kmsg") made "user" context required for files opened for write,
> but didn't remove now redundant checks for it to be non-NULL.
> 
> This patch removes the dead code while preserving the current logic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsburskii <stanislav.kinsburski@xxxxxxxxx>

JFYI, the patch has been committed into, printk/linux.git,
branch for-6.4.

Best Regards,
Petr