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[1/3] xen-scsiback: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

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SF Markus Elfring July 16, 2016, 8:22 p.m. UTC 
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:21:05 +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@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Jürgen Groß July 18, 2016, 5:01 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 16/07/16 22:22, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:21:05 +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@users.sourceforge.net>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen
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diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
index d6950e0..4a48c06 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
@@ -627,8 +627,7 @@  static void scsiback_device_action(struct vscsibk_pend *pending_req,
 	transport_generic_free_cmd(&pending_req->se_cmd, 1);
 	return;
 err:
-	if (tmr)
-		kfree(tmr);
+	kfree(tmr);
 	scsiback_do_resp_with_sense(NULL, err, 0, pending_req);
 }