linux-kernel - Re: ALSA: ctxfi: Delete an unnecessary check before kfree()

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Message-ID: <547EF64B.1080403@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:38:51 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
CC:	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: ALSA: ctxfi: Delete an unnecessary check before kfree()

>>   Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"
>>   One function call less in get_daio_rsc() after error detection
> 
> In these cases, the changes aren't so straightforward, and they don't
> improve the readability.

How do you prefer to improve the affected source code here?

Regards,
Markus

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