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

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Message-Id: <1403296670-6134-1-git-send-email-fabf@skynet.be>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:37:50 +0200
From:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] fs/aio.c: remove null test before kfree

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

Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 fs/aio.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4f078c0..9991a25 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -803,8 +803,7 @@ void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
 			if (!table || i >= table->nr) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				rcu_assign_pointer(mm->ioctx_table, NULL);
-				if (table)
-					kfree(table);
+				kfree(table);
 				return;
 			}
 
-- 
1.8.4.5

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