From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> NULL check before kfree is not needed. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci CC: Pascal Bouchareine <kalou@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- tree: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/UPDATE-20200726-101057/Pascal-Bouchareine/proc-fcntl-introduce-F_SET_DESCRIPTION/20200726-053047 head: 56b3babdfa5600eeed065807fd6e80d150b1766b commit: 56b3babdfa5600eeed065807fd6e80d150b1766b [1/1] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION :::::: branch date: 27 hours ago :::::: commit date: 27 hours ago Please take the patch only if it's a positive warning. Thanks! file_table.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file) eventpoll_release(file); locks_remove_file(file); - if (file->f_description) - kfree(file->f_description); + kfree(file->f_description); ima_file_free(file); if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
