linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] scsi: lpfc: Remove unnecessary null check before kfree

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:10:37 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <james.smart@...adcom.com>, <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>, <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next] scsi: lpfc: Remove unnecessary null check before kfree

A null check before a kfree is redundant, so remove it.
This is detected by coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
index b7216d6..c7f6623 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c
@@ -1276,9 +1276,7 @@ lpfc_bsg_hba_set_event(struct bsg_job *job)
 	return 0; /* call job done later */
 
 job_error:
-	if (dd_data != NULL)
-		kfree(dd_data);
-
+	kfree(dd_data);
 	job->dd_data = NULL;
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
2.7.4