netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 3/5] rds: ib: remove redundant ib_dealloc

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 08:51:59 -0800
From:   Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:     Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...cle.com>, jthumshirn@...e.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/5] rds: ib: remove redundant ib_dealloc_fmr

On 3/9/2017 1:20 AM, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> The function ib_dealloc_fmr will never be called. As such, it should
> be removed.
>
> Cc: Joe Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>
> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...cle.com>
> ---
> Change from v1 to v2:
>   remove ibmr NULL test.
>
While posting updates, please post entire series and also
give some time between two posts.


>  net/rds/ib_fmr.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_fmr.c b/net/rds/ib_fmr.c
> index 4fe8f4f..249ae1c 100644
> --- a/net/rds/ib_fmr.c
> +++ b/net/rds/ib_fmr.c
> @@ -78,12 +78,9 @@ struct rds_ib_mr *rds_ib_alloc_fmr(struct rds_ib_device *rds_ibdev, int npages)
>  	return ibmr;
>
>  out_no_cigar:
> -	if (ibmr) {
> -		if (fmr->fmr)
> -			ib_dealloc_fmr(fmr->fmr);
> -		kfree(ibmr);
> -	}
> +	kfree(ibmr);
>  	atomic_dec(&pool->item_count);
> +
No need of the extra line here.

>  	return ERR_PTR(err);
>  }
>
>