linux-kernel - Re: mm/slub.c: inconsequent NULL checking

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:52:44 +0200 (EET)
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	bunk@...nel.org, clameter@....com, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	mpm@...enic.com
CC:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mm/slub.c: inconsequent NULL checking


Hi Adrian,

On 2/20/2008, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> The Coverity checker spotted the following inconsequent NULL checking
> introduced by commit 8ff12cfc009a2a38d87fa7058226fe197bb2696f:
> 
> <--  snip  -->
> 
> ...
> static inline int is_end(void *addr)
> {
>         return (unsigned long)addr & PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
> }
> ...
> static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
> {
> ...
>         if (c->freelist)    <----------------------------------------
>                 stat(c, DEACTIVATE_REMOTE_FREES);

I spotted this too. c->freelist should never be NULL so why not send a
patch to Christoph?
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