linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"

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Message-Id: <20141125.172505.1865008364622013273.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:25:05 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	haiyangz@...rosoft.com, kys@...rosoft.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check
 before the function call "vfree"

From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:55:34 +0100

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:33:45 +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>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>

Applied, thanks.
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