linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: drop unneeded NULL-pointer check in kfree auto cleanup

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Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:42:58 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: drop unneeded NULL-pointer check in kfree auto
 cleanup

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:26:43AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> 
> kfree() already accepts and silently ignores NULL-pointers, there's no
> need to check it when running the auto cleanup routine.

There is, because now the compiler can't help you anymore. Also see:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/169451499208.27769.5856056754166699857.tip-bot2@tip-bot2