linux-kernel - [PATCH] ptp: ptp_ines: Remove redundant null check

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Message-Id: <20200826031251.4362-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Date:   Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:12:51 +0000
From:   Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
To:     richardcochran@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ptp: ptp_ines: Remove redundant null check

Because kfree_skb already checked NULL skb parameter,
so the additional check is unnecessary, just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
index 7711651ff19e..2c1fb99aa37c 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_ines.c
@@ -663,8 +663,7 @@ static void ines_txtstamp(struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
-	if (old_skb)
-		kfree_skb(old_skb);
+	kfree_skb(old_skb);
 
 	schedule_delayed_work(&port->ts_work, 1);
 }
-- 
2.17.1