[PATCH] aoe: remove unnecessary check for failing kthread creation

From: Insu Yun
Date: Mon Feb 01 2016 - 10:54:08 EST


When kthread_run fails, it returns ERR, not NULL.
Therefore, NULL checking is redundant.
(https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/device-drivers/API-kthread-run.html)

Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index d048d20..4213114 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ aoe_ktstart(struct ktstate *k)

init_completion(&k->rendez);
task = kthread_run(kthread, k, "%s", k->name);
- if (task == NULL || IS_ERR(task))
+ if (IS_ERR(task))
return -ENOMEM;
k->task = task;
wait_for_completion(&k->rendez); /* allow kthread to start */
--
1.9.1