From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SF Markus Elfring Subject: [PATCH] net: sctp: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:15:59 +0100 Message-ID: <54CD0DCF.9020804@users.sourceforge.net> 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.so urceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Julia Lawall To: "David S. Miller" , Neil Horman , Vlad Yasevich , linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Markus Elfring Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:10:03 +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 --- net/sctp/associola.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c index f791edd..3c2aefc 100644 --- a/net/sctp/associola.c +++ b/net/sctp/associola.c @@ -391,8 +391,7 @@ void sctp_association_free(struct sctp_association *asoc) sctp_asconf_queue_teardown(asoc); /* Free pending address space being deleted */ - if (asoc->asconf_addr_del_pending != NULL) - kfree(asoc->asconf_addr_del_pending); + kfree(asoc->asconf_addr_del_pending); /* AUTH - Free the endpoint shared keys */ sctp_auth_destroy_keys(&asoc->endpoint_shared_keys); -- 2.2.2