[PATCH] misc: remove meaningless null check before kfree

[zhong jiang]

kfree has taken null pointer into account. so check the null pointer
before kfree is meaningless.

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