linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: sctp: fix warning "NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed"

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Message-ID: <20190716022002.GA19592@hari-Inspiron-1545>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:50:02 +0530
From:   Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
To:     Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: sctp: fix warning "NULL check before some freeing
 functions is not needed"

This patch removes NULL checks before calling kfree.

fixes below issues reported by coccicheck
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2586:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
freeing functions is not needed.
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2652:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
freeing functions is not needed.
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2667:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
freeing functions is not needed.
net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2684:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
---
 net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index ed39396..36bd8a6e 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -2582,8 +2582,7 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	case SCTP_PARAM_STATE_COOKIE:
 		asoc->peer.cookie_len =
 			ntohs(param.p->length) - sizeof(struct sctp_paramhdr);
-		if (asoc->peer.cookie)
-			kfree(asoc->peer.cookie);
+		kfree(asoc->peer.cookie);
 		asoc->peer.cookie = kmemdup(param.cookie->body, asoc->peer.cookie_len, gfp);
 		if (!asoc->peer.cookie)
 			retval = 0;
@@ -2648,8 +2647,7 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			goto fall_through;
 
 		/* Save peer's random parameter */
-		if (asoc->peer.peer_random)
-			kfree(asoc->peer.peer_random);
+		kfree(asoc->peer.peer_random);
 		asoc->peer.peer_random = kmemdup(param.p,
 					    ntohs(param.p->length), gfp);
 		if (!asoc->peer.peer_random) {
@@ -2663,8 +2661,7 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 			goto fall_through;
 
 		/* Save peer's HMAC list */
-		if (asoc->peer.peer_hmacs)
-			kfree(asoc->peer.peer_hmacs);
+		kfree(asoc->peer.peer_hmacs);
 		asoc->peer.peer_hmacs = kmemdup(param.p,
 					    ntohs(param.p->length), gfp);
 		if (!asoc->peer.peer_hmacs) {
@@ -2680,8 +2677,7 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		if (!ep->auth_enable)
 			goto fall_through;
 
-		if (asoc->peer.peer_chunks)
-			kfree(asoc->peer.peer_chunks);
+		kfree(asoc->peer.peer_chunks);
 		asoc->peer.peer_chunks = kmemdup(param.p,
 					    ntohs(param.p->length), gfp);
 		if (!asoc->peer.peer_chunks)
-- 
2.7.4