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/mdc/mdc_request.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c @@ -1644,8 +1644,7 @@ out: llog_cat_close(NULL, llh); if (ctxt) llog_ctxt_put(ctxt); - if (cs->cs_buf) - kfree(cs->cs_buf); + kfree(cs->cs_buf); kfree(cs); 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