[PATCH] staging: ccree: Fix unnecessary NULL check before kfree'ing it

[PATCH] staging: ccree: Fix unnecessary NULL check before kfree'ing it

[sunil.m]

From: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@techveda.org>

kfree(NULL) is safe and their is no need for a NULL check. Pointed out
by checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@techveda.org>
---
Note:
- Patch was compile tested and built(ARCH=arm) on next-20170719.
  No build issues reported.
---
 drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c | 25 ++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c
index fba0643..b080aed 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c
@@ -296,20 +296,14 @@ static int ssi_hash_map_request(struct device *dev,
 fail1:
 	 kfree(state->digest_buff);
 fail_digest_result_buff:
-	 if (state->digest_result_buff) {
-		 kfree(state->digest_result_buff);
-	     state->digest_result_buff = NULL;
-	 }
+	kfree(state->digest_result_buff);
+	state->digest_result_buff = NULL;
 fail_buff1:
-	 if (state->buff1) {
-		 kfree(state->buff1);
-	     state->buff1 = NULL;
-	 }
+	kfree(state->buff1);
+	state->buff1 = NULL;
 fail_buff0:
-	 if (state->buff0) {
-		 kfree(state->buff0);
-	     state->buff0 = NULL;
-	 }
+	kfree(state->buff0);
+	state->buff0 = NULL;
 fail0:
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -2319,11 +2313,8 @@ int ssi_hash_alloc(struct ssi_drvdata *drvdata)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-
-	if (drvdata->hash_handle) {
-		kfree(drvdata->hash_handle);
-		drvdata->hash_handle = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(drvdata->hash_handle);
+	drvdata->hash_handle = NULL;
 	return rc;
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: Fix unnecessary NULL check before kfree'ing it

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:37 PM,  <sunil.m@techveda.org> wrote:
> From: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@techveda.org>
>
> kfree(NULL) is safe and their is no need for a NULL check. Pointed out
> by checkpatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@techveda.org>
> ---
> Note:
> - Patch was compile tested and built(ARCH=arm) on next-20170719.
>   No build issues reported.

Patch applies against staging-next + latest changes and it builds and runs.

Acked-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>

Gilad