Kfree can cope with a null argument, so drop null tests. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression ptr; @@ - if (ptr != NULL) kfree(ptr); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c index 7ddf46b..ded184e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c @@ -2064,8 +2064,7 @@ out: if (oa) OBDO_FREE(oa); - if (pga) - kfree(pga); + kfree(pga); /* this should happen rarely and is pretty bad, it makes the * pending list not follow the dirty order */ while (!list_empty(ext_list)) { _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel