linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/5] mm/zpool: allow NULL `zpool' pointer in zpool_destroy

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:59:56 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/5] mm/zpool: allow NULL `zpool' pointer in
 zpool_destroy_pool()

On (06/10/15 17:48), Joe Perches wrote:
[..]
> > > > For consistency, tweak zpool_destroy_pool() and NULL-check the
> > > > pointer there.
> > > >
> > > > Proposed by Andrew Morton.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> > > > Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > > > LKML-reference: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/8/583
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Shall we ask Joe to add zpool_destroy_pool() to the
> > "$func(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required" list?
> 
> []
> 
> Is it really worth it?
> 
> There isn't any use of zpool_destroy_pool preceded by an if
> There is one and only one use of zpool_destroy_pool.
> 

Yes, that's why I asked. I don't think that zpool_destroy_pool()
will gain any significant amount of users soon (well, who knows),
so I'm fine with keeping it out of checkpatch checks. Just checked
your opinion.

	-ss
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