[PATCH] no need to check for NULL before calling kfree() - fs/ext2/

[Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>]

(please keep me on CC)


kfree() handles NULL fine, to check is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>

--- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3-orig/fs/ext2/acl.c	2005-03-02 08:38:18.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3/fs/ext2/acl.c	2005-03-25 22:41:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int ty
 		acl = NULL;
 	else
 		acl = ERR_PTR(retval);
-	if (value)
-		kfree(value);
+	kfree(value);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
 		switch(type) {
@@ -262,8 +261,7 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int ty
 
 	error = ext2_xattr_set(inode, name_index, "", value, size, 0);
 
-	if (value)
-		kfree(value);
+	kfree(value);
 	if (!error) {
 		switch(type) {
 			case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:


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