(please keep me on CC)
There's no need to check a pointer for NULL before calling kfree() on it - kfree() handles NULL pointers just fine on its own. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3-orig/fs/ntfs/dir.c 2005-03-25 15:28:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3/fs/ntfs/dir.c 2005-03-25 22:51:46.000000000 +0100 @@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ found_it: name->len = 0; *res = name; } else { - if (name) - kfree(name); + kfree(name); *res = NULL; } mref = le64_to_cpu(ie->data.dir.indexed_file); @@ -444,8 +443,7 @@ found_it2: name->len = 0; *res = name; } else { - if (name) - kfree(name); + kfree(name); *res = NULL; } mref = le64_to_cpu(ie->data.dir.indexed_file); @@ -1462,10 +1460,8 @@ err_out: unlock_page(ia_page); ntfs_unmap_page(ia_page); } - if (ir) - kfree(ir); - if (name) - kfree(name); + kfree(ir); + kfree(name); if (ctx) ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx); if (m) --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3-orig/fs/ntfs/namei.c 2005-03-25 15:28:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3/fs/ntfs/namei.c 2005-03-25 22:52:36.000000000 +0100 @@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct ntfs_error(vol->sb, "ntfs_iget(0x%lx) failed with " "error code %li.", dent_ino, PTR_ERR(dent_inode)); - if (name) - kfree(name); + kfree(name); /* Return the error code. */ return (struct dentry *)dent_inode; } --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3-orig/fs/ntfs/super.c 2005-03-25 15:28:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm3/fs/ntfs/super.c 2005-03-25 22:52:49.000000000 +0100 @@ -1193,8 +1193,7 @@ static BOOL load_and_init_quota(ntfs_vol return FALSE; } /* We do not care for the type of match that was found. */ - if (name) - kfree(name); + kfree(name); /* Get the inode. */ tmp_ino = ntfs_iget(vol->sb, MREF(mref)); if (IS_ERR(tmp_ino) || is_bad_inode(tmp_ino)) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/