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[PATCH 1/3] Staging: wilc1000: Remove null check before kfree

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kfree on NULL pointer is a no-op.

This patch uses the following semantic patch to find such an instance
where NULL check is present before kfree.

// <smpl>
@@ expression E; @@
- if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); }
+ kfree(E);
@@ expression E; @@
- if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); E = NULL; }
+ kfree(E);
+ E = NULL;
// </smpl>smpl>

Signed-off-by: Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 3e55a8a..3dcd6e5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -2343,8 +2343,7 @@ int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
 
 done:
 
-	if (buff != NULL)
-		kfree(buff);
+	kfree(buff);
 
 	return s32Error;
 }
-- 
2.1.0

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[PATCH 1/3] Staging: wilc1000: Remove null check before kfree Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 10:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/3] Staging: wilc1000: Remove null check before kfree "Dilger, Andreas" <andreas.dilger@intel.com> - 2015-08-11 01:40 +0200

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