[PATCH] block: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kmem_cache_destroy"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Jul 22 2016 - 15:21:46 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:07:37 +0200

The kmem_cache_destroy() 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 <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/elevator.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 7096c22..29dc177 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -846,8 +846,7 @@ int elv_register(struct elevator_type *e)
spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
if (elevator_find(e->elevator_name)) {
spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
- if (e->icq_cache)
- kmem_cache_destroy(e->icq_cache);
+ kmem_cache_destroy(e->icq_cache);
return -EBUSY;
}
list_add_tail(&e->list, &elv_list);
--
2.9.2