From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SF Markus Elfring Subject: [PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree_skb" Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 20:27:38 +0100 Message-ID: <56478B2A.6030808@users.sourceforge.net> References: <5307CAA2.8060406@users.sourceforge.net> <530A086E.8010901@users.sourceforge.net> <530A72AA.3000601@users.sourceforge.net> <530B5FB6.6010207@users.sourceforge.net> <530C5E18.1020800@users.sourceforge.net> <530CD2C4.4050903@users.sourceforge.net> <530CF8FF.8080600@users.sourceforge.net> <530DD06F.4090703@users.sourceforge.net> <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Julia Lawall To: Alexander Aring , "David S. Miller" , linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Markus Elfring Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 20:22:41 +0100 The kfree_skb() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring --- net/mac802154/rx.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac802154/rx.c b/net/mac802154/rx.c index 42e9672..446e130 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/rx.c +++ b/net/mac802154/rx.c @@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ __ieee802154_rx_handle_packet(struct ieee802154_local *local, break; } - if (skb) - kfree_skb(skb); + kfree_skb(skb); } static void -- 2.6.2