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ASoC: omap-mcbsp: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

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SF Markus Elfring Nov. 17, 2014, 1:15 p.m. UTC
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:27 +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@users.sourceforge.net>
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 sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Jarkko Nikula Nov. 17, 2014, 7:11 p.m. UTC | #1
On 11/17/2014 03:15 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:27 +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@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Acked-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@bitmer.com>
Mark Brown Nov. 18, 2014, 9:40 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 02:15:01PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:27 +0100
> 
> The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.

Applied, thanks.
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diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
index 86c7538..68a1252 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
@@ -621,8 +621,7 @@  void omap_mcbsp_free(struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp)
 	mcbsp->reg_cache = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&mcbsp->lock);
 
-	if (reg_cache)
-		kfree(reg_cache);
+	kfree(reg_cache);
 }
 
 /*