Kfree can cope with a null argument, so drop null tests. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression ptr; @@ - if (ptr != NULL) kfree(ptr); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c index d066771..0a0b435 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lib.c @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ static int import_set_conn(struct obd_import *imp, struct obd_uuid *uuid, spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock); return 0; out_free: - if (imp_conn) - kfree(imp_conn); + kfree(imp_conn); out_put: ptlrpc_connection_put(ptlrpc_conn); return rc; -- 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