linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Xilinx: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls

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Message-ID: <7b7454272cd247c18f32966e78b1b00b@BY2FFO11FD037.protection.gbl>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:29:08 -0800
From:	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
CC:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Xilinx: Deletion of unnecessary checks before
 two function calls

On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 02:50PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:47:12 +0100
> 
> The functions kfree() and of_node_put() test whether their argument is NULL
> and then return 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>
Reviewed-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>

	Sören
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