If @buffer is NULL, no operation is performed for kvfree(buffer), remove superfluous check. Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index dfc2e223bd10..6778c6eb6e30 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_move_to_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, out: kfree(b_entry_name); - if (needs_kvfree && buffer) + if (needs_kvfree) kvfree(buffer); if (is) brelse(is->iloc.bh); -- 2.40.1.521.gf1e218fcd8-goog
