Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Delete an unnecessary check before the macro call “dev_kfree_skb”

[Quentin Deslandes]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 02:07:56PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:56:35 +0200
> 
> The dev_kfree_skb() function performs also input parameter validation.
> Thus the test around the call is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> index 856ba97aec4f..f57e890659aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> @@ -422,8 +422,7 @@ static void vnt_free_rx_bufs(struct vnt_private *priv)
>  		}
> 
>  		/* deallocate skb */
> -		if (rcb->skb)
> -			dev_kfree_skb(rcb->skb);
> +		dev_kfree_skb(rcb->skb);
> 
>  		kfree(rcb);
>  	}
> --
> 2.23.0
> 

Reviewed-by: Quentin Deslandes <quentin.deslandes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Quentin