From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:07:57 +0200 The dev_kfree_skb() function performs also input parameter validation. 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> --- ipc/mqueue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c index 7a5a8edc3de3..494ab78863f4 100644 --- a/ipc/mqueue.c +++ b/ipc/mqueue.c @@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ static int do_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes, const struct sigevent *notification) out: if (sock) netlink_detachskb(sock, nc); - else if (nc) + else dev_kfree_skb(nc); return ret; -- 2.23.0