linux-kernel - Re: ASoC: omap-mcbsp: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

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Message-ID: <546A4869.6010209@bitmer.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:11:37 +0200
From:	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: ASoC: omap-mcbsp: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the
 function call "kfree"

On 11/17/2014 03:15 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:05:27 +0100
> 
> The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  sound/soc/omap/mcbsp.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Acked-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>

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