linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

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Message-ID: <1543760930051-2094322096-1-diffsplit-thomas@m3y3r.de>
Date:   Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:52:11 +0100
From:   Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:     paulus@...abs.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: NULL check before some freeing
 functions is not needed.

NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
---

diff -u -p a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ static long int __kvmhv_nested_page_faul
 	rmapp = &memslot->arch.rmap[gfn - memslot->base_gfn];
 	ret = kvmppc_create_pte(kvm, gp->shadow_pgtable, pte, n_gpa, level,
 				mmu_seq, gp->shadow_lpid, rmapp, &n_rmap);
-	if (n_rmap)
-		kfree(n_rmap);
+	kfree(n_rmap);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		ret = RESUME_GUEST;	/* Let the guest try again */