linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] Bluetooth: kfree tmp rather than an alias to it

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Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:33:04 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][next] Bluetooth: kfree tmp rather than an alias to it

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

While the kfree of dhkey_a is of the same address of tmp, it
probably is clearer and more human readable if tmp is kfree'd
rather than dhkey_a.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1448650 ("Free of address-of expression")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 net/bluetooth/selftest.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/selftest.c b/net/bluetooth/selftest.c
index ee92c925ecc5..34a1227f4391 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/selftest.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/selftest.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int __init test_ecdh_sample(const u8 priv_a[32], const u8 priv_b[32],
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
 out:
-	kfree(dhkey_a);
+	kfree(tmp);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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