[PATCH 1/4] powerpc/xive: remove dead NULL check after GFP_NOFAIL allocation

From: Gou Hao

Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 04:23:09 EST


kzalloc_objs with the __GFP_NOFAIL flag will never return NULL, so the
subsequent NULL check is unreachable dead code. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index dadd1f46ec93..79d7854259cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1134,9 +1134,6 @@ static int __init xive_init_ipis(void)

xive_ipis = kzalloc_objs(*xive_ipis, nr_node_ids,
GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
- if (!xive_ipis)
- goto out_free_domain;
-
for_each_node(node) {
struct xive_ipi_desc *xid = &xive_ipis[node];
struct xive_ipi_alloc_info info = { node };
--
2.20.1