From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:37:22 +0100
The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/scm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index 3b6899b..4f64173 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int __scm_send(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, struct scm_cookie *p)
}
}
- if (p->fp && !p->fp->count)
+ if (likely(!p->fp->count))
{
kfree(p->fp);
p->fp = NULL;
--
2.6.2
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