[PATCH 3/4] net/zxdh: remove unnecessary null check

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Apr 1 18:40:24 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/zxdh/zxdh_np.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_np.c b/drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_np.c
index efb57e34f2..b078ec5b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_np.c
+++ b/drivers/net/zxdh/zxdh_np.c
@@ -12383,8 +12383,7 @@ zxdh_np_dtb_acl_data_clear(uint32_t dev_id, uint32_t queue_id,
 				&element_id);
 	free(data_buff);
 	free(mask_buff);
-	if (eram_buff)
-		free(eram_buff);
+	free(eram_buff);
 
 	free(p_entry_arr);
 	ZXDH_COMM_CHECK_DEV_RC(dev_id, rc, "zxdh_np_dtb_acl_dma_insert");
-- 
2.53.0



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