From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.web.de (mout.web.de [212.227.15.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86AC61A0DDB for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 00:39:09 +1100 (AEDT) Message-ID: <54D0CF65.50107@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:38:45 +0100 From: SF Markus Elfring MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Michael Ellerman , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: [PATCH] PowerPC-rheap: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" References: <5307CAA2.8060406@users.sourceforge.net> <530A086E.8010901@users.sourceforge.net> <530A72AA.3000601@users.sourceforge.net> <530B5FB6.6010207@users.sourceforge.net> <530C5E18.1020800@users.sourceforge.net> <530CD2C4.4050903@users.sourceforge.net> <530CF8FF.8080600@users.sourceforge.net> <530DD06F.4090703@users.sourceforge.net> <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> In-Reply-To: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Cc: Julia Lawall , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, LKML List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Markus Elfring Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:34:10 +0100 The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring --- arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c index a1060a8..69abf84 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rh_create); */ void rh_destroy(rh_info_t * info) { - if ((info->flags & RHIF_STATIC_BLOCK) == 0 && info->block != NULL) + if ((info->flags & RHIF_STATIC_BLOCK) == 0) kfree(info->block); if ((info->flags & RHIF_STATIC_INFO) == 0) -- 2.2.2