[PATCH] Don't check pointer for NULL before passing it to kfree [arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c]

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

Checking a pointer for NULL before passing it to kfree is pointless, kfree
does its own NULL checking of input.


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
---

 arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.16-rc2-git1-orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c	2006-01-03 04:21:10.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc2-git1/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c	2006-02-04 20:30:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -672,8 +672,7 @@ static void rtas_flash_firmware(int rebo
 static void remove_flash_pde(struct proc_dir_entry *dp)
 {
 	if (dp) {
-		if (dp->data != NULL)
-			kfree(dp->data);
+		kfree(dp->data);
 		dp->owner = NULL;
 		remove_proc_entry(dp->name, dp->parent);
 	}


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