From 019716ca2633998c0e9c57df08b4e34d384d4b58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohammad Shahid Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:51:04 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: remove redundant NULL check before kfree() kfree() safely handles NULL pointers, so the explicit NULL check before calling kfree() is unnecessary. This issue was reported by ifnullfree.cocci. Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shahid Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara --- fs/smb/client/ioctl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c index 9fa743be3652..2f152d76be7d 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c @@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ static int cifs_set_compression_by_path(unsigned int xid, struct file *filep, close: server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid); - if (tmp_cfile) - kfree(tmp_cfile); + kfree(tmp_cfile); cifs_free_open_info(&data); out: free_dentry_path(page);