[PATCH] coverity: fs/locks.c flp null check
We're dereferencing `flp' and then we're testing it for NULLness.
Either the compiler accidentally saved us or the existing null-pointer checdk
is redundant.
This defect was found automatically by Coverity Prevent, a static analysis tool.
Signed-off-by: Zaur Kambarov <zkambarov@coverity.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index a0bc034..29fa5da 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@
*/
static int __setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
{
- struct file_lock *fl, **before, **my_before = NULL, *lease = *flp;
+ struct file_lock *fl, **before, **my_before = NULL, *lease;
struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
int error, rdlease_count = 0, wrlease_count = 0;
@@ -1287,6 +1287,8 @@
if (!flp || !(*flp) || !(*flp)->fl_lmops || !(*flp)->fl_lmops->fl_break)
goto out;
+ lease = *flp;
+
error = -EAGAIN;
if ((arg == F_RDLCK) && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 0))
goto out;