[PATCH 26/39] binderfs_binder_ctl_create(): kill a bogus check

Al Viro
2025-09-20T07:48:07Z

It's called once, during binderfs mount, right after allocating
root dentry. Checking that it hadn't been already called is
only obfuscating things.

Looks like that bogosity had been copied from devpts...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
drivers/android/binderfs.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 41a0f3c26fcf..bb81280a3e9f 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -395,12 +395,6 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
if (!device)
return -ENOMEM;

- /* If we have already created a binder-control node, return. */
- if (info->control_dentry) {
- ret = 0;
- goto out;
- }
-
ret = -ENOMEM;
inode = new_inode(sb);
if (!inode)
--
2.47.3