linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] fs/jffs2/xattr.c: remove null test before kfree

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Message-Id: <1402941769-4539-1-git-send-email-fabf@skynet.be>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:02:49 +0200
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/jffs2/xattr.c:  remove null test before kfree

Fix checkpatch warning:
WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required

Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 fs/jffs2/xattr.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
index ad0f2e2..d72817a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ void jffs2_clear_xattr_subsystem(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	for (i=0; i < XATTRINDEX_HASHSIZE; i++) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(xd, _xd, &c->xattrindex[i], xindex) {
 			list_del(&xd->xindex);
-			if (xd->xname)
-				kfree(xd->xname);
+			kfree(xd->xname);
 			jffs2_free_xattr_datum(xd);
 		}
 	}
-- 
1.8.4.5

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