linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto-jitterentropy: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kzfree"

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Message-ID: <20150625153707.GD11592@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:37:07 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto-jitterentropy: Delete unnecessary checks before
 the function call "kzfree"

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:20:21PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:30:21 +0200
> 
> The kzfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns 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.
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