[PATCH] kernel/module.c: removed dead code

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@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2ea929d..4b06bba 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1854,8 +1854,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
        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);