This patch fixes an issue reported by Coverity in kernel/module.c
Error reported: Cannot reach this line of code "else return ptr;"
Patch description:
This is the error path, so 'err' will be negative, the else case
is not required, this patch removes it.
Signed-off-by: Jayachandran C. <c.jayachandran at gmail.com>
---
module.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.13-rc4-git2.clean/kernel/module.c 2005-10-13 11:42:59.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc4-git2.jc/kernel/module.c 2005-10-14 16:17:54.212548129 -0700
@@ -1853,8 +1853,7 @@
kfree(args);
free_hdr:
vfree(hdr);
- if (err < 0) return ERR_PTR(err);
- else return ptr;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
truncated:
printk(KERN_ERR "Module len %lu truncated\n", len);
-
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