linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CPPC-CPUFreq: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

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Message-ID: <20151106014228.GD3773@ubuntu>
Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 07:12:28 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CPPC-CPUFreq: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "kfree"

On 05-11-15, 21:15, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:10:29 +0100
> 
> The kfree() 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>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh
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