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

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:06:12 +0200
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c: remove null test before kfree

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

Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>
Cc: ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index e57380e..286f10b 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -434,8 +434,7 @@ void ecryptfs_release_messaging(void)
 		mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
 		for (i = 0; i < ecryptfs_message_buf_len; i++) {
 			mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
-			if (ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg)
-				kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg);
+			kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg);
 			mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
 		}
 		kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr);
-- 
1.8.4.5

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