From: Oleg Nesterov Minor cleanup. We can remove one "else if" branch. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/exit.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/exit.c~do_wait-remove-one-else-if-branch kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~do_wait-remove-one-else-if-branch +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -1563,8 +1563,6 @@ repeat: goto repeat; if (retval != 0) /* He released the lock. */ goto end; - } else if (p->exit_state == EXIT_DEAD) { - continue; } else if (p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) { /* * Eligible but we cannot release it yet: @@ -1579,7 +1577,7 @@ repeat: /* He released the lock. */ if (retval != 0) goto end; - } else { + } else if (p->exit_state != EXIT_DEAD) { check_continued: /* * It's running now, so it might later _