On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 03:20:47PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:16:35 +0200
> 
> The key_put() 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 <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[email protected]>

> ---
>  security/keys/process_keys.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/keys/process_keys.c b/security/keys/process_keys.c
> index bd536cb..225dd08 100644
> --- a/security/keys/process_keys.c
> +++ b/security/keys/process_keys.c
> @@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ int install_session_keyring_to_cred(struct cred *cred, 
> struct key *keyring)
>       old = cred->session_keyring;
>       rcu_assign_pointer(cred->session_keyring, keyring);
>  
> -     if (old)
> -             key_put(old);
> -
> +     key_put(old);
>       return 0;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.4.4
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