linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto-qat: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:18:04 +0900
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>, qat-linux@...el.com,
	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-qat: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two
 function calls

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 08:45:28PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 20:30:11 +0200
> 
> The functions kfree() and release_firmware() test whether their argument
> is NULL and then return immediately.
> Thus the test around the calls 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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