linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: Fix unnecessary NULL check before kfree'ing it

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:09:44 +0300
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     sunil.m@...hveda.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: Fix unnecessary NULL check before
 kfree'ing it

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:37 PM,  <sunil.m@...hveda.org> wrote:
> From: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@...hveda.org>
>
> kfree(NULL) is safe and their is no need for a NULL check. Pointed out
> by checkpatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suniel Mahesh <sunil.m@...hveda.org>
> ---
> Note:
> - Patch was compile tested and built(ARCH=arm) on next-20170719.
>   No build issues reported.

Patch applies against staging-next + latest changes and it builds and runs.

Acked-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>

Gilad