[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove null check before kfree

[Larry Finger]

On 08/26/2017 03:47 PM, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> Kfree on NULL pointer is a no-op and therefore checking is redundant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640 at gmail.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>

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Larry

>   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 18 ++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> index c7bad64..d5e5f83 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -4120,10 +4120,8 @@ static int rtw_set_wps_beacon(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param,
>   	ie_len = len-12-2;/*  12 = param header, 2:no packed */
>   
>   
> -	if (pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie) {
> -		kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie);
> -		pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie = NULL;
> -	}
> +	kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie);
> +	pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie = NULL;
>   
>   	if (ie_len>0) {
>   		pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie = rtw_malloc(ie_len);
> @@ -4160,10 +4158,8 @@ static int rtw_set_wps_probe_resp(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *par
>   	ie_len = len-12-2;/*  12 = param header, 2:no packed */
>   
>   
> -	if (pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie) {
> -		kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie);
> -		pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie = NULL;
> -	}
> +	kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie);
> +	pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie = NULL;
>   
>   	if (ie_len>0) {
>   		pmlmepriv->wps_probe_resp_ie = rtw_malloc(ie_len);
> @@ -4195,10 +4191,8 @@ static int rtw_set_wps_assoc_resp(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *par
>   	ie_len = len-12-2;/*  12 = param header, 2:no packed */
>   
>   
> -	if (pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie) {
> -		kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie);
> -		pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie = NULL;
> -	}
> +	kfree(pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie);
> +	pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie = NULL;
>   
>   	if (ie_len>0) {
>   		pmlmepriv->wps_assoc_resp_ie = rtw_malloc(ie_len);
>