From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> NULL check before vfree is not needed. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 33dc9614dc208291d0c4bcdeb5d30d481dcd2c4c commit: 5e0c074e5b4be02d57d1b60abc3391afe7edd088 coccinelle: ifnullfree: add vfree(), kvfree*() functions :::::: branch date: 3 hours ago :::::: commit date: 3 months ago Please take the patch only if it's a positive warning. Thanks! megaraid_sas_fusion.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c @@ -3917,8 +3917,7 @@ megasas_free_host_crash_buffer(struct me { unsigned int i; for (i = 0; i < instance->drv_buf_alloc; i++) { - if (instance->crash_buf[i]) - vfree(instance->crash_buf[i]); + vfree(instance->crash_buf[i]); } instance->drv_buf_index = 0; instance->drv_buf_alloc = 0;