linux-kernel - [PATCH] sound/core: remove useless NULL check before kfree

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Date:   Sun,  5 Dec 2021 17:40:46 -0800
From:   Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>
To:     Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sound/core: remove useless NULL check before kfree

Tis patch try to remove useless NULL check before kfree

Signed-off-by: Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>
---
 sound/core/info_oss.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/info_oss.c b/sound/core/info_oss.c
index 1ba887c7954e..ebc714b2f46b 100644
--- a/sound/core/info_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/info_oss.c
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ int snd_oss_info_register(int dev, int num, char *string)
 	mutex_lock(&strings);
 	if (string == NULL) {
 		x = snd_sndstat_strings[num][dev];
-		if (x) {
-			kfree(x);
-			x = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(x);
+		x = NULL;
 	} else {
 		x = kstrdup(string, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (x == NULL) {
-- 
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