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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:52:11 +0100 From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> To: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr> Subject: Re: i2c-core: One function call less in acpi_i2c_space_handler() after error detection >> The kfree() function was called in one case by the >> acpi_i2c_space_handler() function during error handling >> even if the passed variable "client" contained a null pointer. > > This is OK. kfree() is known to be NULL-tolerant and we rely on it in > various places to keep the code simpler. I would appreciate if an unnecessary function call can be avoided here so that the affected exception handling can become also a bit more efficient. Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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