Subject: [PATCH] netlink: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "module_put"

From: SF Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:45:53 +0200

From: Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:38:12 +0200

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 <[email-masked]>
---
 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;
-- 
2.4.5