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(a)huawei.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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