linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: Mellanox: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "vunmap"

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Message-Id: <20150209.141018.2220346219639672419.davem@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:10:18 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:	elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:	eli@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: Mellanox: Delete unnecessary checks before the
 function call "vunmap"

From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:21:26 +0100

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 11:10:41 +0100
> 
> The vunmap() 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>
> Acked-by: Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>

Applied.
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