kfree_skb has taken the null pointer into account. hence it is safe to remove the redundant null pointer check before kfree_skb. Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c | 3 +-- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c index 0f83cbe..615413b 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c @@ -403,8 +403,7 @@ void _c4iw_free_ep(struct kref *kref) ep->com.local_addr.ss_family); dst_release(ep->dst); cxgb4_l2t_release(ep->l2t); - if (ep->mpa_skb) - kfree_skb(ep->mpa_skb); + kfree_skb(ep->mpa_skb); } if (!skb_queue_empty(&ep->com.ep_skb_list)) skb_queue_purge(&ep->com.ep_skb_list); diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c index 347fe18..e78dd9a 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c @@ -2813,8 +2813,7 @@ struct ib_srq *c4iw_create_srq(struct ib_pd *pd, struct ib_srq_init_attr *attrs, free_srq_queue(srq, ucontext ? &ucontext->uctx : &rhp->rdev.uctx, srq->wr_waitp); err_free_skb: - if (srq->destroy_skb) - kfree_skb(srq->destroy_skb); + kfree_skb(srq->destroy_skb); err_free_srq_idx: c4iw_free_srq_idx(&rhp->rdev, srq->idx); err_free_wr_wait: -- 1.7.12.4