[PATCH] net-ipv6: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "free_percpu"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Jul 02 2015 - 10:44:19 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 16:30:24 +0200

The free_percpu() 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 <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 1a1122a..6090969 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -369,10 +369,7 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
struct inet6_dev *idev;

dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);
-
- if (rt->rt6i_pcpu)
- free_percpu(rt->rt6i_pcpu);
-
+ free_percpu(rt->rt6i_pcpu);
rt6_uncached_list_del(rt);

idev = rt->rt6i_idev;
--
2.4.5

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