linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/24] staging: speakup: Remove NULL check before kfree

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Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:29:10 -0500
From:	Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 17/24] staging: speakup: Remove NULL check before kfree

This patch was generated by the following semantic patch:
// <smpl>
@@ expression E; @@
- if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); }
+ kfree(E);

@@ expression E; @@
- if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); E = NULL; }
+ kfree(E);
+ E = NULL;
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>
---
 drivers/staging/speakup/main.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
index cd981a1..42fcf7e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
@@ -1305,10 +1305,8 @@ void speakup_deallocate(struct vc_data *vc)
 	int vc_num;
 
 	vc_num = vc->vc_num;
-	if (speakup_console[vc_num] != NULL) {
-		kfree(speakup_console[vc_num]);
-		speakup_console[vc_num] = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(speakup_console[vc_num]);
+	speakup_console[vc_num] = NULL;
 }
 
 static u_char is_cursor;
-- 
1.7.3.4

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