NULL check before kfree is unnecessary so remove it. The following Coccinelle script was used to detect this: @@ expression E; @@ - if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); } + kfree(E); @@ expression E; @@ - if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); E = NULL; } + kfree(E); + E = NULL; Signed-off-by: Simran Singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_recv.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_recv.c index 1e8b61443408..cf68193a167f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_recv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723bs_recv.c @@ -480,10 +480,8 @@ s32 rtl8723bs_init_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter) precvpriv->precv_buf = NULL; } - if (precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf) { - kfree(precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf); - precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf = NULL; - } + kfree(precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf); + precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf = NULL; exit: return res; @@ -518,8 +516,6 @@ void rtl8723bs_free_recv_priv(struct adapter *padapter) precvpriv->precv_buf = NULL; } - if (precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf) { - kfree(precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf); - precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf = NULL; - } + kfree(precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf); + precvpriv->pallocated_recv_buf = NULL; } -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel