[PATCH] misc: remove meanless null check before kfree
From: zhong jiang
Date: Thu Aug 16 2018 - 23:36:42 EST
kfree has taken null pointer into account. so check the null pointer
before kfree is meanless.
Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_partition.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_partition.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_partition.c
index 0c3ef6f..3eba1c4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_partition.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_partition.c
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
len = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len);
if (len > buf_len) {
- if (buf_base != NULL)
- kfree(buf_base);
+ kfree(buf_base);
buf_len = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len);
buf = xpc_kmalloc_cacheline_aligned(buf_len, GFP_KERNEL,
&buf_base);
--
1.7.12.4