On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 02:58:16PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote: > From: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@xxxxxxxxx> > > This patch removes NULL checks before calling kfree. > > fixes below issues reported by coccicheck > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2586:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some > freeing functions is not needed. > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2652:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some > freeing functions is not needed. > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2667:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some > freeing functions is not needed. > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2684:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some > freeing functions is not needed. Hi. This doesn't seem the kind of patch that should be backported to such old/stable releases. After all, it's just a cleanup. Marcelo