[PATCH 7/7] uprobes: Kill the bogus IS_ERR_VALUE(xol_vaddr) check

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Mon Dec 31 2012 - 12:52:36 EST


utask->xol_vaddr is either zero or valid, remove the bogus
IS_ERR_VALUE() check in xol_free_insn_slot().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ad1245d..ed4fcbe 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1223,8 +1223,7 @@ static void xol_free_insn_slot(struct task_struct *tsk)
return;

slot_addr = tsk->utask->xol_vaddr;
-
- if (unlikely(!slot_addr || IS_ERR_VALUE(slot_addr)))
+ if (unlikely(!slot_addr))
return;

area = tsk->mm->uprobes_state.xol_area;
--
1.5.5.1

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