39 files changed, 137 insertions, 245 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/trans_sock.c b/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
index 01e26f0013a..a93c2bf94c3 100644
--- a/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
+++ b/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ static void v9fs_sock_close(struct v9fs_transport *trans)
                 dprintk(DEBUG_TRANS, "socket closed\n");
         }
 
-        if (ts)
-                kfree(ts);
+        kfree(ts);
 
         trans->priv = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 9c3080716c9..aaec015a16e 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ affs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
                 mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_root_bh);
         }
 
-        if (sbi->s_prefix)
-                kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+        kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
         affs_free_bitmap(sb);
         affs_brelse(sbi->s_root_bh);
         kfree(sbi);
@@ -198,10 +197,9 @@ parse_options(char *options, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, int *mode, int *reserved, s
                         *mount_opts |= SF_MUFS;
                         break;
                 case Opt_prefix:
-                        if (*prefix) {          /* Free any previous prefix */
-                                kfree(*prefix);
-                                *prefix = NULL;
-                        }
+                        /* Free any previous prefix */
+                        kfree(*prefix);
+                        *prefix = NULL;
                         *prefix = match_strdup(&args[0]);
                         if (!*prefix)
                                 return 0;
@@ -462,11 +460,9 @@ got_root:
 out_error:
         if (root_inode)
                 iput(root_inode);
-        if (sbi->s_bitmap)
-                kfree(sbi->s_bitmap);
+        kfree(sbi->s_bitmap);
         affs_brelse(root_bh);
-        if (sbi->s_prefix)
-                kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+        kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
         kfree(sbi);
         sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index f53971a543b..150b1922792 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ static int afs_file_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_flags)
                 set_page_private(page, 0);
                 ClearPagePrivate(page);
 
-                if (pageio)
-                        kfree(pageio);
+                kfree(pageio);
         }
 
         _leave(" = 0");
diff --git a/fs/autofs/waitq.c b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
index 1fcaa156854..633f628005b 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ int autofs_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct qstr *name)
         if ( sbi->catatonic ) {
                 /* We might have slept, so check again for catatonic mode */
                 wq->status = -ENOENT;
-                if ( wq->name ) {
-                        kfree(wq->name);
-                        wq->name = NULL;
-                }
+                kfree(wq->name);
+                wq->name = NULL;
         }
 
         if ( wq->name ) {
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 0a3c05d1016..818b37be515 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 
 static void ino_lnkfree(struct autofs_info *ino)
 {
-        if (ino->u.symlink) {
-                kfree(ino->u.symlink);
-                ino->u.symlink = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(ino->u.symlink);
+        ino->u.symlink = NULL;
 }
 
 struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 3df86285a1c..394ff36ef8f 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -243,10 +243,8 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
         if ( sbi->catatonic ) {
                 /* We might have slept, so check again for catatonic mode */
                 wq->status = -ENOENT;
-                if ( wq->name ) {
-                        kfree(wq->name);
-                        wq->name = NULL;
-                }
+                kfree(wq->name);
+                wq->name = NULL;
         }
 
         if ( wq->name ) {
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index e8112ad5365..2d365cb8eec 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -725,20 +725,16 @@ parse_options(char *options, befs_mount_options * opts)
 static void
 befs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-        if (BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset) {
-                kfree(BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset);
-                BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset);
+        BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset = NULL;
 
         if (BEFS_SB(sb)->nls) {
                 unload_nls(BEFS_SB(sb)->nls);
                 BEFS_SB(sb)->nls = NULL;
         }
 
-        if (sb->s_fs_info) {
-                kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
-                sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
+        sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
         return;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 6fa6adc4097..f36f2210204 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1006,8 +1006,7 @@ out_free_dentry:
         if (interpreter)
                 fput(interpreter);
 out_free_interp:
-        if (elf_interpreter)
-                kfree(elf_interpreter);
+        kfree(elf_interpreter);
 out_free_file:
         sys_close(elf_exec_fileno);
 out_free_fh:
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index dda87c4c82a..e0344f69c79 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -411,16 +411,11 @@ error:
                 allow_write_access(interpreter);
                 fput(interpreter);
         }
-        if (interpreter_name)
-                kfree(interpreter_name);
-        if (exec_params.phdrs)
-                kfree(exec_params.phdrs);
-        if (exec_params.loadmap)
-                kfree(exec_params.loadmap);
-        if (interp_params.phdrs)
-                kfree(interp_params.phdrs);
-        if (interp_params.loadmap)
-                kfree(interp_params.loadmap);
+        kfree(interpreter_name);
+        kfree(exec_params.phdrs);
+        kfree(exec_params.loadmap);
+        kfree(interp_params.phdrs);
+        kfree(interp_params.loadmap);
         return retval;
 
         /* unrecoverable error - kill the process */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/asn1.c b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
index 98539e2afe8..086ae8f4a20 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/asn1.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
@@ -553,8 +553,7 @@ decode_negTokenInit(unsigned char *security_blob, int length,
                                            *(oid + 3)));
                                         rc = compare_oid(oid, oidlen, NTLMSSP_OID,
                                                  NTLMSSP_OID_LEN);
-                                        if(oid)
-                                                kfree(oid);
+                                        kfree(oid);
                                         if (rc)
                                                 use_ntlmssp = TRUE;
                                 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index d74367a08d5..450ab75d654 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1265,8 +1265,7 @@ connect_to_dfs_path(int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *pSesInfo,
                 the helper that resolves tcp names, mount to it, try to 
                 tcon to it unmount it if fail */
 
-        if(referrals)
-                kfree(referrals);
+        kfree(referrals);
 
         return rc;
 }
@@ -1535,10 +1534,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
         
         memset(&volume_info,0,sizeof(struct smb_vol));
         if (cifs_parse_mount_options(mount_data, devname, &volume_info)) {
-                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
@@ -1551,10 +1548,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                 cifserror("No username specified ");
         /* In userspace mount helper we can get user name from alternate
            locations such as env variables and files on disk */
-                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
@@ -1573,10 +1568,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
        
                 if(rc <= 0) {
                         /* we failed translating address */
-                        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                        if(volume_info.password)
-                                kfree(volume_info.password);
+                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                        kfree(volume_info.password);
                         FreeXid(xid);
                         return -EINVAL;
                 }
@@ -1587,19 +1580,15 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
         } else if (volume_info.UNCip){
                 /* BB using ip addr as server name connect to the DFS root below */
                 cERROR(1,("Connecting to DFS root not implemented yet"));
-                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EINVAL;
         } else /* which servers DFS root would we conect to */ {
                 cERROR(1,
                        ("CIFS mount error: No UNC path (e.g. -o unc=//192.168.1.100/public) specified  "));
-                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
@@ -1612,10 +1601,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                 cifs_sb->local_nls = load_nls(volume_info.iocharset);
                 if(cifs_sb->local_nls == NULL) {
                         cERROR(1,("CIFS mount error: iocharset %s not found",volume_info.iocharset));
-                        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                        if(volume_info.password)
-                                kfree(volume_info.password);
+                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                        kfree(volume_info.password);
                         FreeXid(xid);
                         return -ELIBACC;
                 }
@@ -1630,10 +1617,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                         &sin_server6.sin6_addr,
                         volume_info.username, &srvTcp);
         else {
-                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
@@ -1654,10 +1639,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                                ("Error connecting to IPv4 socket. Aborting operation"));
                         if(csocket != NULL)
                                 sock_release(csocket);
-                        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                        if(volume_info.password)
-                                kfree(volume_info.password);
+                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                        kfree(volume_info.password);
                         FreeXid(xid);
                         return rc;
                 }
@@ -1666,10 +1649,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                 if (srvTcp == NULL) {
                         rc = -ENOMEM;
                         sock_release(csocket);
-                        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                        if(volume_info.password)
-                                kfree(volume_info.password);
+                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                        kfree(volume_info.password);
                         FreeXid(xid);
                         return rc;
                 } else {
@@ -1692,10 +1673,8 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                         if(rc < 0) {
                                 rc = -ENOMEM;
                                 sock_release(csocket);
-                                if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-                                if(volume_info.password)
-                                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                                kfree(volume_info.password);
                                 FreeXid(xid);
                                 return rc;
                         }
@@ -1710,8 +1689,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
         if (existingCifsSes) {
                 pSesInfo = existingCifsSes;
                 cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess found "));
-                if(volume_info.password)
-                        kfree(volume_info.password);
+                kfree(volume_info.password);
                 /* volume_info.UNC freed at end of function */
         } else if (!rc) {
                 cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess not found "));
@@ -1741,8 +1719,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                         if(!rc)
                                 atomic_inc(&srvTcp->socketUseCount);
                 } else
-                        if(volume_info.password)
-                                kfree(volume_info.password);
+                        kfree(volume_info.password);
         }
     
         /* search for existing tcon to this server share */
@@ -1821,8 +1798,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                                                         "", cifs_sb->local_nls,
                                                         cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
                                                           CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-                                        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                                                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+                                        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
                                         FreeXid(xid);
                                         return -ENODEV;
                                 } else {
@@ -1925,8 +1901,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
         (in which case it is not needed anymore) but when new sesion is created
         the password ptr is put in the new session structure (in which case the
         password will be freed at unmount time) */
-        if(volume_info.UNC)
-                kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+        kfree(volume_info.UNC);
         FreeXid(xid);
         return rc;
 }
@@ -3283,8 +3258,7 @@ CIFSTCon(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
                         if ((bcc_ptr + (2 * length)) -
                              pByteArea(smb_buffer_response) <=
                             BCC(smb_buffer_response)) {
-                                if(tcon->nativeFileSystem)
-                                        kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
+                                kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
                                 tcon->nativeFileSystem =
                                     kzalloc(length + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
                                 cifs_strfromUCS_le(tcon->nativeFileSystem,
@@ -3301,8 +3275,7 @@ CIFSTCon(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
                         if ((bcc_ptr + length) -
                             pByteArea(smb_buffer_response) <=
                             BCC(smb_buffer_response)) {
-                                if(tcon->nativeFileSystem)
-                                        kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
+                                kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
                                 tcon->nativeFileSystem =
                                     kzalloc(length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
                                 strncpy(tcon->nativeFileSystem, bcc_ptr,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index b43e071fe11..0f99aae3316 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ cifs_hardlink(struct dentry *old_file, struct inode *inode,
         cifsInode->time = 0;    /* will force revalidate to go get info when needed */
 
 cifs_hl_exit:
-        if (fromName)
-                kfree(fromName);
-        if (toName)
-                kfree(toName);
+        kfree(fromName);
+        kfree(toName);
         FreeXid(xid);
         return rc;
 }
@@ -206,8 +204,7 @@ cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (full_path)
-                kfree(full_path);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
         return rc;
 }
@@ -253,8 +250,7 @@ cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *pBuffer, int buflen)
                 len = buflen;
         tmpbuffer = kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);   
         if(tmpbuffer == NULL) {
-                if (full_path)
-                        kfree(full_path);
+                kfree(full_path);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
@@ -303,8 +299,7 @@ cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *pBuffer, int buflen)
                                                         strncpy(tmpbuffer, referrals, len-1);                            
                                                 }
                                         }
-                                        if(referrals)
-                                                kfree(referrals);
+                                        kfree(referrals);
                                         kfree(tmp_path);
 }
                                 /* BB add code like else decode referrals then memcpy to
@@ -323,12 +318,8 @@ cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *pBuffer, int buflen)
                       rc));
         }
 
-        if (tmpbuffer) {
-                kfree(tmpbuffer);
-        }
-        if (full_path) {
-                kfree(full_path);
-        }
+        kfree(tmpbuffer);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
         return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index eba1de917f2..34a06692e4f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -98,14 +98,10 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifsSesInfo *buf_to_free)
         atomic_dec(&sesInfoAllocCount);
         list_del(&buf_to_free->cifsSessionList);
         write_unlock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
-        if (buf_to_free->serverOS)
-                kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
-        if (buf_to_free->serverDomain)
-                kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
-        if (buf_to_free->serverNOS)
-                kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-        if (buf_to_free->password)
-                kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+        kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
+        kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
+        kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
+        kfree(buf_to_free->password);
         kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
@@ -144,8 +140,7 @@ tconInfoFree(struct cifsTconInfo *buf_to_free)
         atomic_dec(&tconInfoAllocCount);
         list_del(&buf_to_free->cifsConnectionList);
         write_unlock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
-        if (buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem)
-                kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
+        kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
         kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index c1e02eff1d2..f375f87c7db 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ int cifs_removexattr(struct dentry * direntry, const char * ea_name)
                         cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
         }
 remove_ea_exit:
-        if (full_path)
-                kfree(full_path);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
         return rc;
@@ -132,8 +131,7 @@ int cifs_setxattr(struct dentry * direntry, const char * ea_name,
                 returns as xattrs */
         if(value_size > MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE) {
                 cFYI(1,("size of EA value too large"));
-                if(full_path)
-                        kfree(full_path);
+                kfree(full_path);
                 FreeXid(xid);
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
         }
@@ -195,8 +193,7 @@ int cifs_setxattr(struct dentry * direntry, const char * ea_name,
         }
 
 set_ea_exit:
-        if (full_path)
-                kfree(full_path);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
         return rc;
@@ -298,8 +295,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry * direntry, const char * ea_name,
                 rc = -EOPNOTSUPP; 
 
 get_ea_exit:
-        if (full_path)
-                kfree(full_path);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
         return rc;
@@ -345,8 +341,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_listxattr(struct dentry * direntry, char * data, size_t buf_size)
                                 cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
                                         CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 
-        if (full_path)
-                kfree(full_path);
+        kfree(full_path);
         FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
         return rc;
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 43dbcb0b21e..4909754ea84 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,8 @@ static int fd_ioctl_trans(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
         if (err)
                 err = -EFAULT;
 
-out:    if (karg) kfree(karg);
+out:
+        kfree(karg);
         return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/devfs/base.c b/fs/devfs/base.c
index 8b679b67e5e..1274422a538 100644
--- a/fs/devfs/base.c
+++ b/fs/devfs/base.c
@@ -2738,10 +2738,8 @@ static int devfsd_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         entry = fs_info->devfsd_first_event;
         fs_info->devfsd_first_event = NULL;
         fs_info->devfsd_last_event = NULL;
-        if (fs_info->devfsd_info) {
-                kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
-                fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
+        fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
         spin_unlock(&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
         fs_info->devfsd_pgrp = 0;
         fs_info->devfsd_task = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 213148c36eb..6af2f413029 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ ext2_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
                 acl = NULL;
         else
                 acl = ERR_PTR(retval);
-        if (value)
-                kfree(value);
+        kfree(value);
 
         if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
                 switch(type) {
@@ -262,8 +261,7 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 
         error = ext2_xattr_set(inode, name_index, "", value, size, 0);
 
-        if (value)
-                kfree(value);
+        kfree(value);
         if (!error) {
                 switch(type) {
                         case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index dd711310626..a33fb1d9137 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -294,8 +294,7 @@ static void hostfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 static void hostfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-        if(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename)
-                kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename);
+        kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename);
 
         /*XXX: This should not happen, probably. The check is here for
          * additional safety.*/
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c b/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
index 1d21307730a..229ff2fb180 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@ static int hpfs_add_to_dnode(struct inode *i, dnode_secno dno,
         go_up:
         if (namelen >= 256) {
                 hpfs_error(i->i_sb, "hpfs_add_to_dnode: namelen == %d", namelen);
-                if (nd) kfree(nd);
+                kfree(nd);
                 kfree(nname);
                 return 1;
         }
         if (!(d = hpfs_map_dnode(i->i_sb, dno, &qbh))) {
-                if (nd) kfree(nd);
+                kfree(nd);
                 kfree(nname);
                 return 1;
         }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int hpfs_add_to_dnode(struct inode *i, dnode_secno dno,
         if (hpfs_sb(i->i_sb)->sb_chk)
                 if (hpfs_stop_cycles(i->i_sb, dno, &c1, &c2, "hpfs_add_to_dnode")) {
                         hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
-                        if (nd) kfree(nd);
+                        kfree(nd);
                         kfree(nname);
                         return 1;
                 }
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static int hpfs_add_to_dnode(struct inode *i, dnode_secno dno,
                 for_all_poss(i, hpfs_pos_subst, 5, t + 1);
                 hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh);
                 hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
-                if (nd) kfree(nd);
+                kfree(nd);
                 kfree(nname);
                 return 0;
         }
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 8eefa6366db..63e88d7e2c3 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, char *m,...)
                 } else if (s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) printk("; going on - but anything won't be destroyed because it's read-only\n");
                 else printk("; corrupted filesystem mounted read/write - your computer will explode within 20 seconds ... but you wanted it so!\n");
         } else printk("\n");
-        if (buf) kfree(buf);
+        kfree(buf);
         hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error = 1;
 }
 
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ int hpfs_stop_cycles(struct super_block *s, int key, int *c1, int *c2,
 static void hpfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
         struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
-        if (sbi->sb_cp_table) kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
-        if (sbi->sb_bmp_dir) kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
+        kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
+        kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
         unmark_dirty(s);
         s->s_fs_info = NULL;
         kfree(sbi);
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ bail3:	brelse(bh1);
 bail2:  brelse(bh0);
 bail1:
 bail0:
-        if (sbi->sb_bmp_dir) kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
-        if (sbi->sb_cp_table) kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
+        kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
+        kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
         s->s_fs_info = NULL;
         kfree(sbi);
         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 1652de1b6cb..298f08be22d 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -855,8 +855,7 @@ root_found:
         if (opt.check == 'r') table++;
         s->s_root->d_op = &isofs_dentry_ops[table];
 
-        if (opt.iocharset)
-                kfree(opt.iocharset);
+        kfree(opt.iocharset);
 
         return 0;
 
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@ out_unknown_format:
 out_freebh:
         brelse(bh);
 out_freesbi:
-        if (opt.iocharset)
-                kfree(opt.iocharset);
+        kfree(opt.iocharset);
         kfree(sbi);
         s->s_fs_info = NULL;
         return -EINVAL;
@@ -1164,8 +1162,7 @@ out_nomem:
 
 out_noread:
         printk(KERN_INFO "ISOFS: unable to read i-node block %lu\n", block);
-        if (tmpde)
-                kfree(tmpde);
+        kfree(tmpde);
         return -EIO;
 
 out_toomany:
@@ -1334,8 +1331,7 @@ static void isofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
                 init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
 
 out:
-        if (tmpde)
-                kfree(tmpde);
+        kfree(tmpde);
         if (bh)
                 brelse(bh);
         return;
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 2a3e310f79e..002ad2bbc76 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
                         struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 
                         jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
-                        if (jh->b_committed_data) {
-                                kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
-                                jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
-                        }
+                        kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
+                        jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
                         jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
                 }
                 journal_refile_buffer(journal, jh);
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index 13cb05bf604..429f4b263cf 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ repeat_locked:
         spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 out:
-        if (new_transaction)
-                kfree(new_transaction);
+        kfree(new_transaction);
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -725,8 +724,7 @@ done:
         journal_cancel_revoke(handle, jh);
 
 out:
-        if (frozen_buffer)
-                kfree(frozen_buffer);
+        kfree(frozen_buffer);
 
         JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
         return error;
@@ -905,8 +903,7 @@ repeat:
         jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 out:
         journal_put_journal_head(jh);
-        if (committed_data)
-                kfree(committed_data);
+        kfree(committed_data);
         return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs/intrep.c b/fs/jffs/intrep.c
index 27f199e94cf..b2e95421d93 100644
--- a/fs/jffs/intrep.c
+++ b/fs/jffs/intrep.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ jffs_checksum_flash(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t start, int size, __u32 *result)
         }
 
         /* Free read buffer */
-        kfree (read_buf);
+        kfree(read_buf);
 
         /* Return result */
         D3(printk("checksum result: 0x%08x\n", sum));
@@ -1011,12 +1011,12 @@ jffs_scan_flash(struct jffs_control *c)
                                                        offset , fmc->sector_size);
 
                                                 flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
-                                                kfree (read_buf);
+                                                kfree(read_buf);
                                                 return -1; /* bad, bad, bad! */
 
                                         }
                                         flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
-                                        kfree (read_buf);
+                                        kfree(read_buf);
 
                                         return -EAGAIN; /* erased offending sector. Try mount one more time please. */
                                 }
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ jffs_scan_flash(struct jffs_control *c)
                 if (!node) {
                         if (!(node = jffs_alloc_node())) {
                                 /* Free read buffer */
-                                kfree (read_buf);
+                                kfree(read_buf);
 
                                 /* Release the flash device */
                                 flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ jffs_scan_flash(struct jffs_control *c)
                                 DJM(no_jffs_node--);
 
                                 /* Free read buffer */
-                                kfree (read_buf);
+                                kfree(read_buf);
 
                                 /* Release the flash device */
                                 flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ jffs_scan_flash(struct jffs_control *c)
                                         flash_safe_release(fmc->flash_part);
 
                                         /* Free read buffer */
-                                        kfree (read_buf);
+                                        kfree(read_buf);
 
                                         return -ENOMEM;
                                 }
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ jffs_scan_flash(struct jffs_control *c)
         jffs_build_end(fmc);
 
         /* Free read buffer */
-        kfree (read_buf);
+        kfree(read_buf);
 
         if(!num_free_space){
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "jffs_scan_flash(): Did not find even a single "
@@ -1747,9 +1747,7 @@ jffs_find_child(struct jffs_file *dir, const char *name, int len)
                 }
                 printk("jffs_find_child(): Didn't find the file \"%s\".\n",
                        (copy ? copy : ""));
-                if (copy) {
-                        kfree(copy);
-                }
+                kfree(copy);
         });
 
         return f;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 5b2a83599d7..1a96903e3ef 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ int jffs2_do_crccheck_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_cache *i
                 up(&f->sem);
                 jffs2_do_clear_inode(c, f);
         }
-        kfree (f);
+        kfree(f);
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -742,10 +742,8 @@ void jffs2_do_clear_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *f)
 
         /* For symlink inodes we us f->dents to store the target path name */
         if (S_ISLNK(OFNI_EDONI_2SFFJ(f)->i_mode)) {
-                if (f->dents) {
-                        kfree(f->dents);
-                        f->dents = NULL;
-                }
+                kfree(f->dents);
+                f->dents = NULL;
         } else {
                 fds = f->dents;
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index 316133c626b..7bc7f2d571f 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ static void jffs2_wbuf_recover(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
                 c->wbuf_ofs = ofs + towrite;
                 memmove(c->wbuf, rewrite_buf + towrite, c->wbuf_len);
                 /* Don't muck about with c->wbuf_inodes. False positives are harmless. */
-                if (buf)
-                        kfree(buf);
+                kfree(buf);
         } else {
                 /* OK, now we're left with the dregs in whichever buffer we're using */
                 if (buf) {
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 87332f30141..c5a33648e9f 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ static struct nlm_lockowner *nlm_find_lockowner(struct nlm_host *host, fl_owner_
                 }
         }
         spin_unlock(&host->h_lock);
-        if (new != NULL)
-                kfree(new);
+        kfree(new);
         return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 298997f1747..0f1e4530670 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ fail:
         if (cache) {
                 while (--m >= 0)
                         kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[m]);
-                if (cache->c_block_hash)
-                        kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
+                kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
                 kfree(cache);
         }
         return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 3976c177a7d..618a327027b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct
                 }
         }
         spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-        if (delegation != NULL)
-                kfree(delegation);
+        kfree(delegation);
         return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 24d2fbf549b..6391d896421 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1688,8 +1688,7 @@ static void nfs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 
         rpciod_down();          /* release rpciod */
 
-        if (server->hostname != NULL)
-                kfree(server->hostname);
+        kfree(server->hostname);
         kfree(server);
 }
 
@@ -1908,8 +1907,7 @@ nfs_copy_user_string(char *dst, struct nfs_string *src, int maxlen)
                         return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
         }
         if (copy_from_user(dst, src->data, maxlen)) {
-                if (p != NULL)
-                        kfree(p);
+                kfree(p);
                 return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
         }
         dst[maxlen] = '\0';
@@ -2000,10 +1998,8 @@ static struct super_block *nfs4_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 out_err:
         s = (struct super_block *)p;
 out_free:
-        if (server->mnt_path)
-                kfree(server->mnt_path);
-        if (server->hostname)
-                kfree(server->hostname);
+        kfree(server->mnt_path);
+        kfree(server->hostname);
         kfree(server);
         return s;
 }
@@ -2023,8 +2019,7 @@ static void nfs4_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
         destroy_nfsv4_state(server);
 
-        if (server->hostname != NULL)
-                kfree(server->hostname);
+        kfree(server->hostname);
         kfree(server);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 52a26baa114..0675f3215e0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ init_nfsv4_state(struct nfs_server *server)
 void
 destroy_nfsv4_state(struct nfs_server *server)
 {
-        if (server->mnt_path) {
-                kfree(server->mnt_path);
-                server->mnt_path = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(server->mnt_path);
+        server->mnt_path = NULL;
         if (server->nfs4_state) {
                 nfs4_put_client(server->nfs4_state);
                 server->nfs4_state = NULL;
@@ -311,8 +309,7 @@ struct nfs4_state_owner *nfs4_get_state_owner(struct nfs_server *server, struct
                 new = NULL;
         }
         spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-        if (new)
-                kfree(new);
+        kfree(new);
         if (sp != NULL)
                 return sp;
         put_rpccred(cred);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index f732541a333..d639d172d56 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ nfs_put_unlinkdata(struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 {
         if (--data->count == 0) {
                 nfs_detach_unlinkdata(data);
-                if (data->name.name != NULL)
-                        kfree(data->name.name);
+                kfree(data->name.name);
                 kfree(data);
         }
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 057aff74550..417ec02df44 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ static int expkey_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
  out:
         if (dom)
                 auth_domain_put(dom);
-        if (buf)
-                kfree(buf);
+        kfree(buf);
         return err;
 }
 
@@ -428,8 +427,7 @@ static int svc_export_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
                 path_release(&nd);
         if (dom)
                 auth_domain_put(dom);
-        if (buf)
-                kfree(buf);
+        kfree(buf);
         return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 4c414635023..dcd67318694 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ static u32 *read_buf(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, int nbytes)
         if (nbytes <= sizeof(argp->tmp))
                 p = argp->tmp;
         else {
-                if (argp->tmpp)
-                        kfree(argp->tmpp);
+                kfree(argp->tmpp);
                 p = argp->tmpp = kmalloc(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (!p)
                         return NULL;
@@ -2476,10 +2475,8 @@ void nfsd4_release_compoundargs(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *args)
                 kfree(args->ops);
                 args->ops = args->iops;
         }
-        if (args->tmpp) {
-                kfree(args->tmpp);
-                args->tmpp = NULL;
-        }
+        kfree(args->tmpp);
+        args->tmpp = NULL;
         while (args->to_free) {
                 struct tmpbuf *tb = args->to_free;
                 args->to_free = tb->next;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index 119e4d4495b..d852ebb538e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ nfsd_cache_shutdown(void)
 
         cache_disabled = 1;
 
-        if (hash_list)
-                kfree (hash_list);
+        kfree (hash_list);
         hash_list = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 1be11ce96b0..aeb0106890e 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -1088,8 +1088,7 @@ static void __exit exit_openprom_fs(void)
         unregister_filesystem(&openprom_fs_type);
         free_pages ((unsigned long)nodes, alloced);
         for (i = 0; i < aliases_nodes; i++)
-                if (alias_names [i])
-                        kfree (alias_names [i]);
+                kfree (alias_names [i]);
         nodes = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/udf/udf_sb.h b/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
index 0e54922daa0..663669810be 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static inline struct udf_sb_info *UDF_SB(struct super_block *sb)
 {\
         if (UDF_SB(X))\
         {\
-                if (UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X))\
-                        kfree(UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X));\
+                kfree(UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X));\
                 UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X) = NULL;\
         }\
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index f036d694ba5..54828ebcf1b 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -472,13 +472,14 @@ static int ufs_read_cylinder_structures (struct super_block *sb) {
         return 1;
 
 failed:
-        if (base) kfree (base);
+        kfree (base);
         if (sbi->s_ucg) {
                 for (i = 0; i < uspi->s_ncg; i++)
-                        if (sbi->s_ucg[i]) brelse (sbi->s_ucg[i]);
+                        if (sbi->s_ucg[i])
+                                brelse (sbi->s_ucg[i]);
                 kfree (sbi->s_ucg);
                 for (i = 0; i < UFS_MAX_GROUP_LOADED; i++)
-                        if (sbi->s_ucpi[i]) kfree (sbi->s_ucpi[i]);
+                        kfree (sbi->s_ucpi[i]);
         }
         UFSD(("EXIT (FAILED)\n"))
         return 0;
@@ -981,9 +982,10 @@ magic_found:
 dalloc_failed:
         iput(inode);
 failed:
-        if (ubh) ubh_brelse_uspi (uspi);
-        if (uspi) kfree (uspi);
-        if (sbi) kfree(sbi);
+        if (ubh)
+                ubh_brelse_uspi (uspi);
+        kfree (uspi);
+        kfree(sbi);
         sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
         UFSD(("EXIT (FAILED)\n"))
         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index f6e00c0e114..a9db2255799 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ setxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *name, void __user *value,
         }
 out:
         up(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
-        if (kvalue)
-                kfree(kvalue);
+        kfree(kvalue);
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -173,8 +172,7 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *name, void __user *value, size_t size)
                 error = -E2BIG;
         }
 out:
-        if (kvalue)
-                kfree(kvalue);
+        kfree(kvalue);
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -259,8 +257,7 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
                 error = -E2BIG;
         }
 out:
-        if (klist)
-                kfree(klist);
+        kfree(klist);
         return error;
 }