Jul 02 2015

netlink: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call “module_put” 

Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

The module_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 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 

---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index dea9253..9a0ae71 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int __netlink_remove_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt)
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&netlink_tap_lock);
 
-	if (found && nt->module)
+	if (found)
 		module_put(nt->module);
 
 	return found ? 0 : -ENODEV;

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