linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/media: Removes useless kfree()

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:45:50 +0200
From:	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/media: Removes useless kfree()

I'll split this patch in one patch for file and resend.

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Dan Carpenter
<dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 08:00:32PM +0200, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lg2160.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lg2160.c
>> index cc11260..748da5d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lg2160.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/lg2160.c
>> @@ -1451,7 +1451,6 @@ struct dvb_frontend *lg2160_attach(const struct lg2160_config *config,
>>       return &state->frontend;
>>  fail:
>>       lg_warn("unable to detect LG216x hardware\n");
>> -     kfree(state);
>>       return NULL;
>>  }
>
> I wish you had fixed this the same as the others and removed the
> goto.  Also the printk is redundant and wrong.  Remove it too.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>



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Peter
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