[PATCH] scsi: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Sun Jul 24 2016 - 08:31:18 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:20:21 +0200

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>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index 1f36aca..1794c0c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -864,8 +864,7 @@ retry_pg83:
rcu_assign_pointer(sdev->vpd_pg83, vpd_buf);
mutex_unlock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
synchronize_rcu();
- if (orig_vpd_buf)
- kfree(orig_vpd_buf);
+ kfree(orig_vpd_buf);
}
}

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