[dm-devel] [PATCH 3/3] dm ioctl: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "dm_table_destroy"

[Mike Snitzer]

On Mon, Feb 02 2015 at 10:23am -0500,
SF Markus Elfring <elfring at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring at users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:30:37 +0100
> 
> The dm_table_destroy() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Your proposed patch (while technically correct) hurts code clarity.

Nack.