From: NeilBrown If ek = exp_find_key() is not an error, then ek->ek_export should be set; no point in checking if it's NULL. From: "J. Bruce Fields" Signed-off-by: Neil Brown --- 25-akpm/include/linux/nfsd/export.h | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/nfsd/export.h~knfsd-2-of-11-nfsd_exp_remove_null_checkpatch include/linux/nfsd/export.h --- 25/include/linux/nfsd/export.h~knfsd-2-of-11-nfsd_exp_remove_null_checkpatch 2004-05-28 00:10:31.169009000 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/include/linux/nfsd/export.h 2004-05-28 00:10:31.172008544 -0700 @@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ exp_find(struct auth_domain *clp, int fs int err; exp_get(exp); expkey_put(&ek->h, &svc_expkey_cache); - if (exp && - (err = cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp))) + if ((err = cache_check(&svc_export_cache, &exp->h, reqp))) exp = ERR_PTR(err); return exp; } else _