[PATCH 1/1] net: sched: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

SF Markus Elfring
2014-11-18T20:27:17Z

From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:21:16 +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 <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
net/sched/cls_bpf.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
index 0e30d58..f323944 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ static int cls_bpf_modify_existing(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp,

if (fp_old)
bpf_prog_destroy(fp_old);
- if (bpf_old)
- kfree(bpf_old);
+ kfree(bpf_old);

return 0;

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2.1.3