From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:23:48 +0100 The kfree_skb() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the calls is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/hsr/hsr_forward.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c index 7871ed6..55ba943 100644 --- a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c +++ b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c @@ -355,11 +355,8 @@ void hsr_forward_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct hsr_port *port) goto out_drop; hsr_register_frame_in(frame.node_src, port, frame.sequence_nr); hsr_forward_do(&frame); - - if (frame.skb_hsr != NULL) - kfree_skb(frame.skb_hsr); - if (frame.skb_std != NULL) - kfree_skb(frame.skb_std); + kfree_skb(frame.skb_hsr); + kfree_skb(frame.skb_std); return; out_drop: -- 2.6.2 -- 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