Re: [PATCH] audit: remove redundant condition check in kauditd_thread()

[Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@huawei.com>]

On 2019/10/25 13:43, Paul Moore wrote:
> On October 23, 2019 3:27:50 PM Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@huawei.com> wrote:
>> Warning is found by the code analysis tool:
>>  "the condition 'if(ac && rc < 0)' is redundant: ac"
>>
>>
>> The @ac variable has been checked before. It can't be a null pointer
>> here, so remove the redundant condition check.
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> kernel/audit.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.  Looking quickly at it, it appears to be correct, unfortunately I'm not in a position to merge non-critical patches, but I expect to merge this next week.
> 
ok, thanks.

> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
>> index da8dc0db5bd3..193f3a1f4425 100644
>> --- a/kernel/audit.c
>> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
>> @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
>>  rc = kauditd_send_queue(sk, portid,
>>  &audit_hold_queue, UNICAST_RETRIES,
>>  NULL, kauditd_rehold_skb);
>> - if (ac && rc < 0) {
>> + if (rc < 0) {
>>  sk = NULL;
>>  auditd_reset(ac);
>>  goto main_queue;
>> @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
>>  rc = kauditd_send_queue(sk, portid,
>>  &audit_retry_queue, UNICAST_RETRIES,
>>  NULL, kauditd_hold_skb);
>> - if (ac && rc < 0) {
>> + if (rc < 0) {
>>  sk = NULL;
>>  auditd_reset(ac);
>>  goto main_queue;
>> --
>> 2.7.4.3
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> paul moore
> www.paul-moore.com
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