Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] coresight: tmc: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" | From | SF Markus Elfring <> | Date | Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:08:38 +0200 |
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:04:09 +0200
The kfree() 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@users.sourceforge.net> --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c index e68289b..5fa49c4 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags); /* Free memory outside the spinlock if need be */ - if (!used && buf) + if (!used) kfree(buf); if (!ret) -- 2.9.2
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