Re: [PATCH 1/1] dma: imx-dma: Remove redundant NULL check

[Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 01:21:18PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> kfree on a NULL pointer is a no-op. Null pointer check is
> not necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>

Acked-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>

Sascha

> ---
>  drivers/dma/imx-dma.c |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
> index ff2aab9..78f8ca5 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/imx-dma.c
> @@ -805,10 +805,8 @@ static void imxdma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
>  	}
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&imxdmac->ld_free);
>  
> -	if (imxdmac->sg_list) {
> -		kfree(imxdmac->sg_list);
> -		imxdmac->sg_list = NULL;
> -	}
> +	kfree(imxdmac->sg_list);
> +	imxdmac->sg_list = NULL;
>  }
>  
>  static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *imxdma_prep_slave_sg(
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 

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