linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hamradio: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro call “dev_kfree

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Message-Id: <20190822.162315.165058386064462241.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:23:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Markus.Elfring@....de
Cc:     linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        allison@...utok.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        kstewart@...uxfoundation.org, rfontana@...hat.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, t.sailer@...mni.ethz.ch,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hamradio: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro
 call “dev_kfree_skb”

From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:00:16 +0200

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:48:46 +0200
> 
> The dev_kfree_skb() function performs also input parameter validation.
> Thus the test around the shown calls is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Applied.