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Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:33:51 +0100
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 6/8] cifs: use kzfree()

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 05:13:30PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> wrote:
> > @@ -2433,11 +2433,8 @@ mount_fail_check:
> >  out:
> >        /* zero out password before freeing */
> >        if (volume_info) {
> > -               if (volume_info->password != NULL) {
> > -                       memset(volume_info->password, 0,
> > -                               strlen(volume_info->password));
> > -                       kfree(volume_info->password);
> > -               }
> > +               if (volume_info->password != NULL)
> > +                       kzfree(volume_info->password);
> 
> The NULL check here is unnecessary.
> 
> >                kfree(volume_info->UNC);
> >                kfree(volume_info->prepath);
> >                kfree(volume_info);
> > --- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
> > +++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
> > @@ -97,10 +97,8 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifsSesInfo *buf_to_f
> >        kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
> >        kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
> >        kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
> > -       if (buf_to_free->password) {
> > -               memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
> > -               kfree(buf_to_free->password);
> > -       }
> > +       if (buf_to_free->password)
> > +               kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
> 
> And here.

Thanks, Pekka!

Here is the delta to fold into the above:

[ btw, do these require an extra SOB?  If so:
  Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

  And for http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/16/184:
  Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> ]

--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2433,8 +2433,7 @@ mount_fail_check:
 out:
 	/* zero out password before freeing */
 	if (volume_info) {
-		if (volume_info->password != NULL)
-			kzfree(volume_info->password);
+		kzfree(volume_info->password);
 		kfree(volume_info->UNC);
 		kfree(volume_info->prepath);
 		kfree(volume_info);
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifsSesInfo *buf_to_f
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-	if (buf_to_free->password)
-		kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
+	kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->domainName);
 	kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
@@ -130,8 +129,7 @@ tconInfoFree(struct cifsTconInfo *buf_to
 	}
 	atomic_dec(&tconInfoAllocCount);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
-	if (buf_to_free->password)
-		kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
+	kzfree(buf_to_free->password);
 	kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
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