From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:16:15 +0200 The dev_kfree_skb() function performs also input parameter validation. Thus the test around the shown calls is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c | 3 +-- drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c index 03a711c3221b..7c7c7e78214c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c @@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ static void hi3110_clean(struct net_device *net) if (priv->tx_skb || priv->tx_len) net->stats.tx_errors++; - if (priv->tx_skb) - dev_kfree_skb(priv->tx_skb); + dev_kfree_skb(priv->tx_skb); if (priv->tx_len) can_free_echo_skb(priv->net, 0); priv->tx_skb = NULL; diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c index 12358f06d194..1c496d2adb45 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c @@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ static void mcp251x_clean(struct net_device *net) if (priv->tx_skb || priv->tx_len) net->stats.tx_errors++; - if (priv->tx_skb) - dev_kfree_skb(priv->tx_skb); + dev_kfree_skb(priv->tx_skb); if (priv->tx_len) can_free_echo_skb(priv->net, 0); priv->tx_skb = NULL; -- 2.23.0