linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] staging: ks7010: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree"

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:42:48 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] staging: ks7010: Delete unnecessary checks before
 the function call "kfree"

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 08:10:48PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:14:57 +0200
> 
> The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the calls is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>


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