linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware-gsmi: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "dma_pool

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 13:04:13 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware-gsmi: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "dma_pool_destroy"

On Sun, 24 Jul, at 10:27:49AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:16:56 +0200
> 
> The dma_pool_destroy() 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/firmware/google/gsmi.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Looks fine to me. If Mike doesn't pick this up I'll take it through
the EFI tree.