[PATCH] mfd: viperboard: remove redundant NULL check before kfree()
From: mdshahid03
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 07:07:15 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>
---
drivers/mfd/viperboard.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
index 888737b8e7be..36be8e69f45c 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ static int vprbrd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
return 0;
error:
- if (vb)
- kfree(vb);
+ kfree(vb);
return ret;
}
--
2.43.0