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/llite/statahead.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/statahead.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/statahead.c index fdf953f..f97371d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/statahead.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/statahead.c @@ -1719,8 +1719,7 @@ int do_statahead_enter(struct inode *dir, struct dentry **dentryp, return -EAGAIN; out: - if (sai != NULL) - kfree(sai); + kfree(sai); spin_lock(&lli->lli_sa_lock); lli->lli_opendir_key = NULL; lli->lli_opendir_pid = 0; -- 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