From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:27 +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> --- sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c index 86c7538..68a1252 100644 --- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c +++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c @@ -621,8 +621,7 @@ void omap_mcbsp_free(struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp) mcbsp->reg_cache = NULL; spin_unlock(&mcbsp->lock); - if (reg_cache) - kfree(reg_cache); + kfree(reg_cache); } /* -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html