linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Add some <foo>_destroy functions to NEEDLESS

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:55:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
cc:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Add some <foo>_destroy functions to
 NEEDLESS_IF tests



On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:

> On (06/11/15 11:41), Julia Lawall wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Jun 2015, Joe Perches wrote:
> >
> > > Sergey Senozhatsky has modified several destroy functions that can
> > > now be called with NULL values.
> > >
> > >  - kmem_cache_destroy()
> > >  - mempool_destroy()
> > >  - dma_pool_destroy()
> >
> > I don't actually see any null test in the definition of dma_pool_destroy,
> > in the linux-next 54896f27dd5 (20150610).  So I guess it would be
> > premature to send patches to remove the null tests.
> >
>
> yes,
>
> Andrew Morton:
> : I'll park these patches until after 4.1 is released - it's getting to
> : that time...

OK, thanks,

julia
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