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Subject[PATCH v2 2/2] fs/sysctl: remove redundant link check in proc_sys_link_fill_cache()
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proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're
called for a link - it's already done by scan().

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de>
---
v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link()
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 82ac5f682b73..d36ef667c0a8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(head))
return false;

- if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
- /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
- int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
- if (err)
- goto out;
- }
+ /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
+ if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
+ goto out;

ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
out:
--
2.14.1
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