In SMB2_set_compression(), the "res_key" variable is only initialized to NULL and later kfreed. It is therefore useless and should be removed. Found with the following semantic patch: <smpl> @@ identifier foo; identifier f; type T; @@ * f(...) { ... * T *foo = NULL; ... when forall when != foo * kfree(foo); ... } </smpl> Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c index 8603447..3802f8c 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c @@ -1352,7 +1352,6 @@ SMB2_set_compression(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid) { int rc; - char *res_key = NULL; struct compress_ioctl fsctl_input; char *ret_data = NULL; @@ -1365,7 +1364,6 @@ SMB2_set_compression(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, 2 /* in data len */, &ret_data /* out data */, NULL); cifs_dbg(FYI, "set compression rc %d\n", rc); - kfree(res_key); return rc; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html