From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:50:38 +0200 The script "checkpatch.pl" pointed information out like the following. WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required Thus fix the affected source code place. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c index cf33efce69d2..3caf468ca133 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c @@ -1962,10 +1962,8 @@ static int alloc_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port, static void free_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port) { - if (dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]) { - kfree(dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]); - dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave] = NULL; - } + kfree(dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]); + dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave] = NULL; } static int create_pv_resources(struct ib_device *ibdev, int slave, int port, -- 2.12.2 -- 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