From: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:44:50 +0100

The kernfs_get() 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 <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 fs/sysfs/group.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index dc1358b..9b34c07 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -388,8 +388,7 @@ int __compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(struct kobject 
*kobj,
         */
        spin_lock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
        target = target_kobj->sd;
-       if (target)
-               kernfs_get(target);
+       kernfs_get(target);
        spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
        if (!target)
                return -ENOENT;
-- 
2.6.2

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