netdev - [PATCH 17/18] ipvs: remove null test before kfree

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:01:11 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 17/18] ipvs: remove null test before kfree

From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>

Fix checkpatch warning:
WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index db80126..eadffb2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -886,8 +886,7 @@ static void ip_vs_proc_conn(struct net *net, struct ip_vs_conn_param *param,
 		cp = ip_vs_conn_new(param, daddr, dport, flags, dest, fwmark);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (!cp) {
-			if (param->pe_data)
-				kfree(param->pe_data);
+			kfree(param->pe_data);
 			IP_VS_DBG(2, "BACKUP, add new conn. failed\n");
 			return;
 		}
-- 
1.7.10.4

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