linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] ipv4: remove redundant null pointer check before kfree

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Date:   Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:37:43 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>, <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        <santosh@...lsio.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] ipv4: remove redundant null pointer check before kfree_skb

kfree_skb has taken the null pointer into account. hence it is safe
to remove the redundant null pointer check before kfree_skb.

Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index da930b0..13f4d18 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ static void ip_expire(struct timer_list *t)
 	spin_unlock(&qp->q.lock);
 out_rcu_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	if (head)
-		kfree_skb(head);
+	kfree_skb(head);
 	ipq_put(qp);
 }
 
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