linux-kernel - [PATCH/Trivial] jffs2: Avoid unneeded 'if' before kfree

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:16:44 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH/Trivial] jffs2: Avoid unneeded 'if' before kfree

kfree() deals gracefully with NULL pointers, so it's pointless to test for 
one prior to calling it.
This removes such a test from jffs2_scan_medium().

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 scan.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/scan.c b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
index 8d8cd34..28107ca 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/scan.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
@@ -275,9 +275,7 @@ int jffs2_scan_medium(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	else
 		c->mtd->unpoint(c->mtd, 0, c->mtd->size);
 #endif
-	if (s)
-		kfree(s);
-
+	kfree(s);
 	return ret;
 }
 

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