linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Move kfree outside pde_unload

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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:24:04 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	adobriyan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Move kfree outside pde_unload_lock

On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 15:54 -0500, Nathan Zimmer wrote:
> +       if (pdeo) {
> +               kfree(pdeo);
> +       } 

Just make it unconditional. kfree(NULL) is a no-op.

-- 
dwmw2

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