[PATCH] devfs: remove a redundant NULL pointer check prior to kfree()

[Jesper Juhl]

Remove a redundant NULL pointer check prior to kfree(). kfree() has no 
problem with NULL pointers.


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-orig/fs/devfs/base.c	2005-03-02 08:37:49.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1/fs/devfs/base.c	2005-03-22 23:51:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -2738,10 +2738,8 @@ static int devfsd_close(struct inode *in
 	entry = fs_info->devfsd_first_event;
 	fs_info->devfsd_first_event = NULL;
 	fs_info->devfsd_last_event = NULL;
-	if (fs_info->devfsd_info) {
-		kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
-		fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
+	fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
 	fs_info->devfsd_pgrp = 0;
 	fs_info->devfsd_task = NULL;


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