linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: essiv: remove redundant null pointer check before kfree

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Message-ID: <20191122110955.eyfiapa7dhd3oa4m@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:09:55 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: essiv: remove redundant null pointer check
 before kfree

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 02:51:00PM +0800, Chen Wandun wrote:
> kfree has taken null pointer check into account. so it is safe to
> remove the unnecessary check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>
> ---
>  crypto/essiv.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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