*e820ext is always NULL in 'alloc_e820ext()' (see the code of 'exit_boot()'). Therefore the 'if' condition is always false and the entire 'if' statement is pointless. Remove it. --- arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c index cc69e37..edfd4d6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c @@ -956,12 +956,6 @@ static efi_status_t alloc_e820ext(u32 nr_desc, struct setup_data **e820ext, size = sizeof(struct setup_data) + sizeof(struct e820entry) * nr_desc; - if (*e820ext) { - efi_call_early(free_pool, *e820ext); - *e820ext = NULL; - *e820ext_size = 0; - } - status = efi_call_early(allocate_pool, EFI_LOADER_DATA, size, (void **)e820ext); if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) -- 2.10.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html