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/obdclass/llog.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c index 636df94..4fa52d1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c @@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ int llog_reverse_process(const struct lu_env *env, } out: - if (buf) - kfree(buf); + kfree(buf); return rc; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(llog_reverse_process); -- 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