[PATCH] fix send_sigqueue() vs thread exit race

[linux-2.6] / drivers / base / class.c

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index d207296b18dcdf67dae96cd518215529b479a5cc..d164c32a97ad4e90426a4f1e8a244b8d5f7d93d3 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -299,10 +299,8 @@ static void class_dev_release(struct kobject * kobj)
 
        pr_debug("device class '%s': release.\n", cd->class_id);
 
-       if (cd->devt_attr) {
-               kfree(cd->devt_attr);
-               cd->devt_attr = NULL;
-       }
+       kfree(cd->devt_attr);
+       cd->devt_attr = NULL;
 
        if (cls->release)
                cls->release(cd);