linux-kernel - Re: md: Combine two kmalloc() calls into one in sb

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Message-ID: <a33e87c6-9b47-96e2-a877-b86bc8949eb6@fastmail.fm>
Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2016 22:18:14 +0100
From:   Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: md: Combine two kmalloc() calls into one in sb_equal()



On 09.12.2016 20:54, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> So where did you get the idea from that it is not checked immediately?
>
> Is another variable assignment performed so far before the return value
> is checked from a previous function call?

Irrelevant, the variable is not used before checking it.