linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: rtl8192e: Remove NULL test before vfree

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Message-Id: <1484484706-6633-1-git-send-email-mayhs11saini@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:21:46 +0530
From:   Shyam Saini <mayhs11saini@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     binoy.jayan@...aro.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shyam Saini <mayhs11saini@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: rtl8192e: Remove NULL test before vfree

vfree frees the virtually continuous block of memory beginning at addr.
If addr is NULL, no operation is performed. So, NULL test is not needed
before vfree.

Signed-off-by: Shyam Saini <mayhs11saini@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index 8a9172a..4bf7041 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -2695,10 +2695,8 @@ static void _rtl92e_pci_disconnect(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		priv->polling_timer_on = 0;
 		_rtl92e_down(dev, true);
 		rtl92e_dm_deinit(dev);
-		if (priv->pFirmware) {
-			vfree(priv->pFirmware);
-			priv->pFirmware = NULL;
-		}
+		vfree(priv->pFirmware);
+		priv->pFirmware = NULL;
 		_rtl92e_free_rx_ring(dev);
 		for (i = 0; i < MAX_TX_QUEUE_COUNT; i++)
 			_rtl92e_free_tx_ring(dev, i);
-- 
2.7.4