net: Remove redundant null check before kfree in dev.c

kfree on a null pointer is a no-op. Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
mrcsosa · Nov 20, 2012 · 388dfc2 · 388dfc2
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commit 388dfc2
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1153,10 +1153,8 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!len) {
-		if (dev->ifalias) {
-			kfree(dev->ifalias);
-			dev->ifalias = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(dev->ifalias);
+		dev->ifalias = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}