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[PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree_skb"

From SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree_skb"
Date 2015-11-14 20:30 +0100
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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 <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 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

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[PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function  call "kfree_skb" SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2015-11-14 20:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree_skb" Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> - 2015-11-15 01:30 +0100

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