[PATCH 1/4] powerpc/xive: remove dead NULL check after GFP_NOFAIL allocation

From
Gou Hao <hidden>
Date
2026-07-23 08:18:48
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Gou Hao, 2026-07-23
kzalloc_objs with the __GFP_NOFAIL flag will never return NULL, so the
subsequent NULL check is unreachable dead code. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index dadd1f46ec93..79d7854259cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1134,9 +1134,6 @@ static int __init xive_init_ipis(void)
 
 	xive_ipis = kzalloc_objs(*xive_ipis, nr_node_ids,
 				 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
-	if (!xive_ipis)
-		goto out_free_domain;
-
 	for_each_node(node) {
 		struct xive_ipi_desc *xid = &xive_ipis[node];
 		struct xive_ipi_alloc_info info = { node };
-- 
2.20.1

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