linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Remove NULL check before kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <20171108185509.GA104617@debian>
Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:55:09 -0500
From:   Tim Hansen <devtimhansen@...il.com>
To:     darrick.wong@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: Remove NULL check before kmem_cache_destroy

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 01:53:10PM -0500, Tim Hansen wrote:
> kmem_cache_destroy already checks for null values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Hansen <devtimhansen@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/kmem.h | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
> index 7509019..4b87472 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
> @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ kmem_zone_free(kmem_zone_t *zone, void *ptr)
>  static inline void
>  kmem_zone_destroy(kmem_zone_t *zone)
>  {
> -	if (zone)
> -		kmem_cache_destroy(zone);
> +	kmem_cache_destroy(zone);
>  }
>  
>  extern void *kmem_zone_alloc(kmem_zone_t *, xfs_km_flags_t);
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 

This patch was created on linux-next repo, tag next-20171108.