netdev - [PATCH 2/2] qlcnic: Remove redundant NULL check on kfree().

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Date:	Mon,  9 Apr 2012 11:41:19 +0530
From:	santosh nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
To:	anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com, rajesh.borundia@...gic.com
Cc:	sony.chacko@...gic.com, linux-driver@...gic.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] qlcnic: Remove redundant NULL check on kfree().

From: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>

kfree() checks for NULL before freeing the memory.
Remove redundant NULL check.
This is just a clean up and also looks good from performance point of view.

Signed-off-by: Santosh Nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c |   14 ++++----------
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index d30b9b8..75b202d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ qlcnic_alloc_sds_rings(struct qlcnic_recv_context *recv_ctx, int count)
 static void
 qlcnic_free_sds_rings(struct qlcnic_recv_context *recv_ctx)
 {
-	if (recv_ctx->sds_rings != NULL)
-		kfree(recv_ctx->sds_rings);
-
+	kfree(recv_ctx->sds_rings);
 	recv_ctx->sds_rings = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1714,10 +1712,8 @@ static void __devexit qlcnic_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	qlcnic_detach(adapter);
 
-	if (adapter->npars != NULL)
-		kfree(adapter->npars);
-	if (adapter->eswitch != NULL)
-		kfree(adapter->eswitch);
+	kfree(adapter->npars);
+	kfree(adapter->eswitch);
 
 	qlcnic_clr_all_drv_state(adapter, 0);
 
@@ -1887,9 +1883,7 @@ void qlcnic_alloc_lb_filters_mem(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 
 static void qlcnic_free_lb_filters_mem(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	if (adapter->fhash.fmax && adapter->fhash.fhead)
-		kfree(adapter->fhash.fhead);
-
+	kfree(adapter->fhash.fhead);
 	adapter->fhash.fhead = NULL;
 	adapter->fhash.fmax = 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.4.4

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