linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block/bio: Remove null checks before mempool_destroy in bioset

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Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:05:01 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Tim Hansen <devtimhansen@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexander.levin@....verizon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block/bio: Remove null checks before mempool_destroy in
 bioset_free

On 10/06/2017 12:45 PM, Tim Hansen wrote:
> This patch removes redundant checks for null values on bio_pool and bvec_pool.
> 
> Found using make coccicheck M=block/ on linux-net tree on the next-20170929 tag.
> 
> Related to patch 9987695 that removed similar checks in bio-integrity. 

Applied, but ditto on the line length. Additionally, I killed that reference
to "patch 9987695", I don't know what that means? What does that refer to?

-- 
Jens Axboe