linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: remove unnecessary condition check before kfree

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 21:52:53 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
CC:     <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: remove unnecessary condition check before kfree

On 2018/9/10 17:52, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 08/09/18 16:18, zhong jiang wrote:
>> kfree has taken null pointer into account. So just remove the
>> condition check before kfree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> index fbb9137..7e1d49e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int push_pxx_to_hypervisor(struct acpi_processor *_pr)
>>  		pr_warn("(_PXX): Hypervisor error (%d) for ACPI CPU%u\n",
>>  			ret, _pr->acpi_id);
>>  err_free:
>> -	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dst_states))
>> +	if (!IS_ERR(dst_states))
> This is just a change of the condition, not a removal.
>
> I don't think change is worth it.
>
 Fine, I just consider the duplication of function.  Of course. make sense you have said.
 Maybe it will more clear to have the judgement.

 Thanks,
 zhong jiang
> Juergen
>
>