From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Layton Subject: [PATCH] vfs: remove extraneous NULL d_inode check from do_filp_open Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:02:59 -0500 Message-ID: <1257868979-31012-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49578 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756770AbZKJQCy (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:02:54 -0500 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We can't get to this point unless it's a valid pointer. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d11f404..3374917 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ do_last: path_to_nameidata(&path, &nd); error = -EISDIR; - if (path.dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) + if (S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto exit; ok: /* -- 1.5.5.6