linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] crypto-drbg: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function call "kzfree"

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Message-ID: <20141120143932.GA31996@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:39:32 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] crypto-drbg: Deletion of unnecessary checks before
 the function call "kzfree"

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:20:32AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:11:04 +0100
> 
> The kzfree() 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>

Sorry but you're too late as someone else has already fixed this :)

Thanks,
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