linux-kernel - [PATCH] nfs: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:07:08 +0800
From:   zys.zljxml@...il.com
To:     trond.myklebust@...merspace.com, anna@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>
Subject: [PATCH] nfs: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

From: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>

Fix the following coccicheck warning:
fs/nfs/dir.c:2494:2-7: WARNING:
NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>
---
 fs/nfs/dir.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 58036f657126..f594dac436a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2489,9 +2489,8 @@ int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (dentry->d_fsdata)
-		/* old devname */
-		kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);
+	/* old devname */
+	kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NFS_FSDATA_BLOCKED;
 
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-- 
2.27.0