linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c: remove unnecessary null test before kfree

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Message-ID: <53A92D49.9060306@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:48:25 +0300
From:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c: remove unnecessary null test
 before kfree

Hi Fabian,

On 06/23/2014 07:33 PM, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> Fix checkpatch warning:
> WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required

can you send the same patch to alsa-devel with subject:
ASoC: mcbsp:  remove unnecessary null test before kfree

You can add my:
Acked-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>

> 
> Cc: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
> Cc: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>
> Cc: linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
> ---
>  sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> index 86c7538..68a1252 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c
> @@ -621,8 +621,7 @@ void omap_mcbsp_free(struct omap_mcbsp *mcbsp)
>  	mcbsp->reg_cache = NULL;
>  	spin_unlock(&mcbsp->lock);
>  
> -	if (reg_cache)
> -		kfree(reg_cache);
> +	kfree(reg_cache);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 


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