[PATCH] smb: client: remove redundant NULL check before kfree()

From: mdshahid03

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 08:27:59 EST


From: Mohammad Shahid <mdshahid03@xxxxxxxxx>

kfree() safely handles NULL pointers, so the explicit NULL check
before calling kfree() is unnecessary.

This issue was reported by ifnullfree.cocci.

Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shahid <mdshahid03@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/ioctl.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
index 9fa743be3652..2f152d76be7d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ static int cifs_set_compression_by_path(unsigned int xid, struct file *filep,

close:
server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid);
- if (tmp_cfile)
- kfree(tmp_cfile);
+ kfree(tmp_cfile);
cifs_free_open_info(&data);
out:
free_dentry_path(page);
--
2.43.0