smatch analysis: fs/jbd/transaction.c:236 start_this_handle() info: redundant null check on new_transaction calling kfree() Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd/transaction.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c index 071d690..ee40b4e 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c @@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ repeat_locked: lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map); out: - if (unlikely(new_transaction)) /* It's usually NULL */ - kfree(new_transaction); + kfree(new_transaction); return ret; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html