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

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:27:43 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	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, sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Add some <foo>_destroy functions to
 NEEDLESS_IF tests

On (07/14/15 16:03), Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Sergey Senozhatsky has modified several destroy functions that can
> > now be called with NULL values.
> > 
> >  - kmem_cache_destroy()
> >  - mempool_destroy()
> >  - dma_pool_destroy()
> > 
> > Update checkpatch to warn when those functions are preceded by an if.
> > 
> > Update checkpatch to --fix all the calls too only when the code style
> > form is using leading tabs.
> > 
> > from:
> > 	if (foo)
> > 		<func>(foo);
> > to:
> > 	<func>(foo);
> 
> There's also zpool_destroy_pool() and zs_destroy_pool().  Did we decide
> they're not worth bothering about?

Correct. Those two are very unlikely will see any significant number
of users so, I think, we can drop the patches that touch zspool and
zsmalloc destructors.

	-ss
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