linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btrfs:free-space-cache: remove unneeded NULL check before kfree

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Message-ID: <20180815115137.GJ24025@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:   Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:51:38 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
Cc:     clm@...com, jbacik@...com, dsterba@...e.com,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs:free-space-cache: remove unneeded NULL check
 before kfree

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 02:06:08PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> Kfree has taken the null pointer into account. So remove the check
> before kfree.
> 
> The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>

Added to misc-next, thanks.