linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: simplify unnecessary NULL check

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Date:   Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:13:43 +0300
From:   Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
To:     Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        phil@...lpotter.co.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: simplify unnecessary NULL check

Hi Haowen,

On 3/11/22 13:33, Haowen Bai wrote:
> remove the optimisation of NULL checking it inline, kfree/rtw_free_netdev
> will take care if that would ever be the case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haowen Bai <baihaowen@...zu.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index 91792df..8d1ac48 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -425,10 +425,8 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_usb_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj,
>   		rtw_handle_dualmac(padapter, 0);
>   free_adapter:
>   	if (status != _SUCCESS) {
> -		if (pnetdev)
> -			rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> -		else if (padapter)
> -			vfree(padapter);
> +		rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> +		vfree(padapter);
>   		padapter = NULL;
>   	}
>   exit:

I don't see such code on staging-testing branch.

All error handling code was refactored in commit 13456b9. Please, always 
base your code on top of newest branch but not upstream one



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin