From 643a606fa2742b94f6eca620119b7d2686ca9cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 15:28:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] sndctl(8): Do not free and re-open device

There was a reason for this, but it does not apply anymore.

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54031
---
 usr.sbin/sndctl/sndctl.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/sndctl/sndctl.c b/usr.sbin/sndctl/sndctl.c
index 6977f0ab0eb..e6dac67e2ea 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sndctl/sndctl.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sndctl/sndctl.c
@@ -992,17 +992,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		argv++;
 	}
 
-	free_dev(dp);
-
 	if (show) {
-		/*
-		 * Re-read dev to reflect new state in case we changed some
-		 * property.
-		 */
-		dp = read_dev(path);
 		print_dev(dp);
-		free_dev(dp);
 	}
+	free_dev(dp);
 
 	return (0);
 }