linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/24] staging: ath6kl: Remove NULL check before kfree

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:47:25 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>,
	Naveen Singh <nsingh@...eros.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/24] staging: ath6kl: Remove NULL check before kfree

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
> This patch was generated by the following semantic patch:
> // <smpl>
> @@ expression E; @@
> - if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); }
> + kfree(E);
>
> @@ expression E; @@
> - if (E != NULL) { kfree(E); E = NULL; }
> + kfree(E);
> + E = NULL;
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@...m.mit.edu>

This is pretty awesome, thanks for using spatch and submitting stuff
for ath6kl :)

Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@...eros.com>

Greg, I'll rebase my next series on top of this patch.

  Luis
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