[PATCH] kernel/module.c: removed dead code
This patch fixes an issue reported by Coverity in kernel/module.c
Error reported: Cannot reach this line of code "else return ptr;"
Patch description:
This is the error path, so 'err' will be negative, the else case
is not required, this patch removes it.
Signed-off-by: Jayachandran C. <c.jayachandran@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2ea929d..4b06bba 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1854,8 +1854,7 @@
kfree(args);
free_hdr:
vfree(hdr);
- if (err < 0) return ERR_PTR(err);
- else return ptr;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
truncated:
printk(KERN_ERR "Module len %lu truncated\n", len);