From: Markus Elfring <elfring(a)users.sourceforge.net&gt; Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:38:33 +0100 The functions consume_skb() and kfree_skb() test whether their argument is NULL and then return immediately. Thus the tests around their calls are not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring(a)users.sourceforge.net&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 5ffcbd3..1e8e228 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -509,8 +509,7 @@ static void flush_hold_queue(void) * if auditd just disappeared but we * dequeued an skb we need to drop ref */ - if (skb) - consume_skb(skb); + consume_skb(skb); } static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy) @@ -1232,9 +1231,7 @@ static void audit_buffer_free(struct audit_buffer *ab) if (!ab) return; - if (ab->skb) - kfree_skb(ab->skb); - + kfree_skb(ab->skb); spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags); if (audit_freelist_count > AUDIT_MAXFREE) kfree(ab); -- 2.6.2