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/lov/lov_dev.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_dev.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_dev.c index 63db87a..504b24a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_dev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_dev.c @@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ static struct lu_device *lov_device_free(const struct lu_env *env, const int nr = ld->ld_target_nr; cl_device_fini(lu2cl_dev(d)); - if (ld->ld_target != NULL) - kfree(ld->ld_target); + kfree(ld->ld_target); if (ld->ld_emrg != NULL) lov_emerg_free(ld->ld_emrg, nr); kfree(ld); -- 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