linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm/amd: Remove null check before kfree

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:51:27 +0530
From:   Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
To:     airlied@...ux.ie
Cc:     alexander.deucher@....com, christian.koenig@....com,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drm/amd: Remove null check before kfree

Kfree on NULL pointer is a no-op and therefore checking is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c     | 6 ++----
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/smumgr/smu7_smumgr.c | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
index 8d1cf2d..f51b41f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_connectors.c
@@ -346,10 +346,8 @@ static void amdgpu_connector_free_edid(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_connector *amdgpu_connector = to_amdgpu_connector(connector);
 
-	if (amdgpu_connector->edid) {
-		kfree(amdgpu_connector->edid);
-		amdgpu_connector->edid = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(amdgpu_connector->edid);
+	amdgpu_connector->edid = NULL;
 }
 
 static int amdgpu_connector_ddc_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/smumgr/smu7_smumgr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/smumgr/smu7_smumgr.c
index 76347ff..00075c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/smumgr/smu7_smumgr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/powerplay/smumgr/smu7_smumgr.c
@@ -606,10 +606,8 @@ int smu7_init(struct pp_smumgr *smumgr)
 
 int smu7_smu_fini(struct pp_smumgr *smumgr)
 {
-	if (smumgr->backend) {
-		kfree(smumgr->backend);
-		smumgr->backend = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(smumgr->backend);
+	smumgr->backend = NULL;
 	cgs_rel_firmware(smumgr->device, CGS_UCODE_ID_SMU);
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
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