NULL check before freeing functions like kfree is not needed. This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsi...@embeddedor.com> --- This code was tested by compilation only. drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c index 2e993ce..e4a112c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c @@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ static void delete_glists(struct lio *lio) do { g = (struct octnic_gather *) list_delete_head(&lio->glist[i]); - if (g) - kfree(g); + kfree(g); } while (g); if (lio->glists_virt_base && lio->glists_virt_base[i] && -- 2.7.4