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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 05:28:04 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@...il.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Roy Luo <royluo@...gle.com>,
        Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@...iatek.com>,
        Solomon Peachy <pizza@...ftnet.org>,
        Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/wireless: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro call “dev_kfree_skb”

Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:20:10 +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>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

868ad2149602 net/wireless: Delete unnecessary checks before the macro call “dev_kfree_skb”

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11108741/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches