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

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Message-ID: <20141126064910.GJ3212@norris-Latitude-E6410>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:50:09 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...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] MTD: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two
 function calls

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 01:55:23PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:50:43 +0100
> 
> The functions kfree() and pci_dev_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>

Applied to l2-mtd.git.

Brian
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