In case of error, the function open_xa_dir returns an ERR pointer, but
never returns a NULL pointer. So a NULL test that comes after an IS_ERR
test should be deleted.
The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
// <smpl>
@match_bad_null_test@
expression x, E;
statement S1,S2;
@@
x = open_xa_dir(...)
... when != x = E
(
* if (x == NULL && ...) S1 else S2
|
* if (x == NULL || ...) S1 else S2
)
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julien Brunel <brunel@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
xadir = open_xa_dir(inode, flags);
if (IS_ERR(xadir)) {
return ERR_CAST(xadir);
- } else if (xadir && !xadir->d_inode) {
+ } else if (!xadir->d_inode) {
dput(xadir);
return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
}