linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: renesas: mstp: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in cpg_mstp_clocks

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:31:15 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: renesas: mstp: Delete an unnecessary kfree() call in cpg_mstp_clocks_init()

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 3:27 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:22:12 +0200
>
> A null pointer would be passed to a call of the function “kfree”
> directly after a call of the function “kzalloc” failed at one place.
> Remove this superfluous function call.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
i.e. will queue in clk-renesas-for-v5.5.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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