[PATCH v6 01/10] audit: remove unnecessary NULL ptr checks from do_path_lookup

As best I can tell, whenever retval == 0, nd->path.dentry and nd->inode are also non-NULL. Eliminate those checks and the superfluous audit_context check. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton(a)redhat.com&gt; --- fs/namei.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index dd1ed1b..e3661762 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1976,12 +1976,8 @@ static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name, if (unlikely(retval == -ESTALE)) retval = path_lookupat(dfd, name, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL, nd); - if (likely(!retval)) { - if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context())) { - if (nd->path.dentry && nd->inode) - audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry); - } - } + if (likely(!retval)) + audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry); return retval; } -- 1.7.11.4