[PATCH for-next] io_uring: remove redundant NULL check before kfree

From: Subasri S

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 10:39:09 EST


Remove the unnecessary NULL pointer check before calling kfree()
in io_uring.c, as kfree() handles NULL arguments internally.

Reported by ifnullfree.cocci Coccinelle semantic
patch script.

Signed-off-by: Subasri S <subasris1210@xxxxxxxxx>
---
io_uring/io_uring.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 1ea2fca34a36..ac499722aaee 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1114,8 +1114,7 @@ static void io_free_batch_list(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
if ((req->flags & REQ_F_POLLED) && req->apoll) {
struct async_poll *apoll = req->apoll;

- if (apoll->double_poll)
- kfree(apoll->double_poll);
+ kfree(apoll->double_poll);
io_cache_free(&ctx->apoll_cache, apoll);
req->flags &= ~REQ_F_POLLED;
}
--
2.43.0