lib/utmp.c: Don't check for NULL before free(3)

free(NULL) is valid; there's no need to check for NULL. Simplify. Fixes: 5178f8c ("utmp: call prepare_utmp() even if utent is NULL") Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
shadow-maint · Oct 30, 2023 · 5c86700 · 5c86700
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diff --git a/lib/utmp.c b/lib/utmp.c
@@ -374,10 +374,8 @@ int update_utmp (const char *user,
 
 	(void) setutmp  (ut);	/* make entry in the utmp & wtmp files */
 
-	if (utent != NULL) {
-		free (utent);
-	}
-	free (ut);
+	free(utent);
+	free(ut);
 
 	return 0;
 }