linux-kernel - Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree

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Message-ID: <2329415.lXFbWjXfj3@voltaire>
Date:	Sun, 22 Nov 2015 05:45:33 +0800
From:	Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>
To:	b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org
Cc:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/2] batman-adv: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree_skb"

On Sunday, November 15, 2015 09:43:26 SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 08:04:43 +0100
> 
> The kfree_skb() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns 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>
> ---
>  net/batman-adv/main.c           | 2 +-
>  net/batman-adv/network-coding.c | 4 +---
>  net/batman-adv/send.c           | 3 +--
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Applied in revision 77d84a6.

Thanks,
Marek

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