Revert "shell: set NULL pointer for data pakets with zero-length payl…

…oad"

This reverts commit 1ae7bc2.

sys/shell/commands/sc_netif.c

@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ int _netif_send(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     kernel_pid_t dev;
     uint8_t addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
-    size_t addr_len, data_len;
+    size_t addr_len;
     gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt, *hdr;
     gnrc_netif_hdr_t *nethdr;
     uint8_t flags = 0x00;
@@ -1073,16 +1073,10 @@ int _netif_send(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* put packet together */
-    data_len = strlen(argv[3]);
-    if (data_len == 0) {
-        pkt = NULL;
-    }
-    else {
-        pkt = gnrc_pktbuf_add(NULL, argv[3], data_len, GNRC_NETTYPE_UNDEF);
-        if (pkt == NULL) {
-            puts("error: packet buffer full");
-            return 1;
-        }
+    pkt = gnrc_pktbuf_add(NULL, argv[3], strlen(argv[3]), GNRC_NETTYPE_UNDEF);
+    if (pkt == NULL) {
+        puts("error: packet buffer full");
+        return 1;
     }
     hdr = gnrc_netif_hdr_build(NULL, 0, addr, addr_len);
     if (hdr == NULL) {