linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] xen-scsiback: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree"

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Message-ID: <0efb482b-8cad-9d0a-253b-5cd2f56baf1b@suse.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:01:48 +0200
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] xen-scsiback: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "kfree"

On 16/07/16 22:22, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:21:05 +0200
> 
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen