[PATCH] PowerPC-PCI: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree"

SF Markus Elfring elfring at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Feb 4 00:00:51 AEDT 2015


From: Markus Elfring <elfring at users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 13:55:53 +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 at users.sourceforge.net>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_pci.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_pci.c
index 3ce70de..9b11b5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/celleb_pci.c
@@ -393,11 +393,10 @@ static int __init celleb_setup_fake_pci_device(struct device_node *node,
 
 error:
 	if (mem_init_done) {
-		if (config && *config)
+		if (config)
 			kfree(*config);
-		if (res && *res)
+		if (res)
 			kfree(*res);
-
 	} else {
 		if (config && *config) {
 			size = 256;
-- 
2.2.2



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