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-rw-r--r--lib/kref.c7
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kref.c b/lib/kref.c
index 4a467faf1367..0d07cc31c818 100644
--- a/lib/kref.c
+++ b/lib/kref.c
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
WARN_ON(release == NULL);
WARN_ON(release == (void (*)(struct kref *))kfree);
- /*
- * if current count is one, we are the last user and can release object
- * right now, avoiding an atomic operation on 'refcount'
- */
- if ((atomic_read(&kref->refcount) == 1) ||
- (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount))) {
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kref->refcount)) {
release(kref);
return 1;
}