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[PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Delete an unnecessary check before kfree() in __kvmhv_nested_page_fault()

From: Markus Elfring <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-04 09:12:57
Also in: kernel-janitors, lkml
Subsystem: kernel virtual machine for powerpc (kvm/powerpc), linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Linus Torvalds

From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 11:00:20 +0200

The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL
and then returns immediately.
Thus the test around the call is not needed.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
index 735e0ac6f5b2..36d21090a713 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c
@@ -1416,8 +1416,7 @@ static long int __kvmhv_nested_page_fault(struct kvm_run *run,
 	rmapp = &memslot->arch.rmap[gfn - memslot->base_gfn];
 	ret = kvmppc_create_pte(kvm, gp->shadow_pgtable, pte, n_gpa, level,
 				mmu_seq, gp->shadow_lpid, rmapp, &n_rmap);
-	if (n_rmap)
-		kfree(n_rmap);
+	kfree(n_rmap);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		ret = RESUME_GUEST;	/* Let the guest try again */

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