linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c: Remove useless kfree

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:41:09 -0500
From:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To:	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
CC:	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c: Remove useless kfree

There's a patch in the mm tree that already makes this change, thanks.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 12, 2012, at 5:08 AM, "Peter Senna Tschudin" <peter.senna@...il.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
> 
> Remove useless kfree() and clean up code related to the removal.
> 
> The semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r exists@
> position p1,p2;
> expression x;
> @@
> 
> if (x@p1 == NULL) { ... kfree@p2(x); ... return ...; }
> 
> @unchanged exists@
> position r.p1,r.p2;
> expression e <= r.x,x,e1;
> iterator I;
> statement S;
> @@
> 
> if (x@p1 == NULL) { ... when != I(x,...) S
>                        when != e = e1
>                        when != e += e1
>                        when != e -= e1
>                        when != ++e
>                        when != --e
>                        when != e++
>                        when != e--
>                        when != &e
>   kfree@p2(x); ... return ...; }
> 
> @ok depends on unchanged exists@
> position any r.p1;
> position r.p2;
> expression x;
> @@
> 
> ... when != true x@p1 == NULL
> kfree@p2(x);
> 
> @depends on !ok && unchanged@
> position r.p2;
> expression x;
> @@
> 
> *kfree@p2(x);
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>
> 
> ---
> drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c |    1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> index 5461faa..cbb0521 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> @@ -1257,7 +1257,6 @@ addtgt(struct aoedev *d, char *addr, ulong nframes)
>    }
>    t = kcalloc(1, sizeof *t, GFP_ATOMIC);
>    if (!t) {
> -        kfree(t);
>        printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: cannot allocate memory to add target\n");
>        return NULL;
>    }
> 
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