*e820ext is always NULL in 'alloc_e820ext()' (see the code of 'exit_boot()').
Therefore the 'if' condition is always false and the entire 'if' statement is
pointless. Remove it.
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index cc69e37..edfd4d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -956,12 +956,6 @@ static efi_status_t alloc_e820ext(u32 nr_desc, struct
setup_data **e820ext,
size = sizeof(struct setup_data) +
sizeof(struct e820entry) * nr_desc;
- if (*e820ext) {
- efi_call_early(free_pool, *e820ext);
- *e820ext = NULL;
- *e820ext_size = 0;
- }
-
status = efi_call_early(allocate_pool, EFI_LOADER_DATA,
size, (void **)e820ext);
if (status == EFI_SUCCESS)
--
2.10.2
