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[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>
Jayachandran C 19 years ago
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      kernel/module.c

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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);