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    kernfs: remove unnecessary NULL check in __kernfs_remove() · 88533f99
    Tejun Heo authored
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     ("kernfs: make kernfs_get_active() block if the node is
    deactivated but not removed") added "struct kernfs_root *root =
    kernfs_root(kn);" at the head of the function; however, the parameter
    @kn is checked for later implying that the function may be called with
    NULL.  This means that we may end up invoking kernfs_root() with NULL
    which will oops.  None of the existing users invokes removal with NULL
    @kn, so this bug doesn't actually trigger.
    
    We can relocate kernfs_root() invocation after NULL check; however,
    allowing NULL param tends to cause more confusion than actually
    helping anything.  As there's no existing user, let's remove the
    spurious NULL check.
    
    This bug was detected by smatch.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Reported-by: default avatarDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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