linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"

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Message-Id: <20141121.151503.1986113223309494197.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:15:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:	haiyangz@...rosoft.com, kys@...rosoft.com,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check
 before the function call "vfree"

From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:25:27 +0100

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:15:21 +0100
> 
> The vfree() function performs also input parameter validation. 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>

This does not apply to the net-next tree, please respin.
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