netdev - [PATCH] cirrus: Remove redundant NULL check before kfree

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:19:33 +0530
From:	Syam Sidhardhan <syamsidhardh@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	syamsidhardh@...il.com, hsweeten@...ionengravers.com
Subject: [PATCH] cirrus: Remove redundant NULL check before kfree

kfree on NULL pointer is a no-op.

Signed-off-by: Syam Sidhardhan <s.syam@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
index 354cbb7..298aaa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -476,8 +476,7 @@ static void ep93xx_free_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)
 		if (d)
 			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
-		if (ep->rx_buf[i] != NULL)
-			kfree(ep->rx_buf[i]);
+		kfree(ep->rx_buf[i]);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
@@ -487,8 +486,7 @@ static void ep93xx_free_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)
 		if (d)
 			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
-		if (ep->tx_buf[i] != NULL)
-			kfree(ep->tx_buf[i]);
+		kfree(ep->tx_buf[i]);
 	}
 
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct ep93xx_descs), ep->descs,
-- 
1.7.9.5

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