[PATCH 1/4] net/ice: remove unnecessary null check

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 1 18:40:22 CEST 2026


No need to check for null before calling free.
Found by coccinelle script null_free.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_dcf_sched.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_dcf_sched.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_dcf_sched.c
index 948774a282..14e902edbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_dcf_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_dcf_sched.c
@@ -877,10 +877,8 @@ static int ice_dcf_hierarchy_commit(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	return ret_val;
 
 fail_clear:
-	if (vf_bw != NULL)
-		free(vf_bw);
-	if (tc_bw != NULL)
-		free(tc_bw);
+	free(vf_bw);
+	free(tc_bw);
 
 	/* clear all the traffic manager configuration */
 	if (clear_on_fail) {
-- 
2.53.0



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