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

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Message-ID: <2429041.ODHvPqId6J@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:10:09 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	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 Friday, November 06, 2015 07:12:28 AM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> 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>

Applied, thanks!

Rafael

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