linux-kernel - [PATCH] kconfig: remove error check for xrealloc()

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Date:   Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:18:36 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: remove error check for xrealloc()

xrealloc() never returns NULL as it is checked in the callee.

This is a left-over of commit d717f24d8c68 ("kconfig: add xrealloc()
helper").

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 4fe39b4bc5ed..1ee33e36459c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -289,16 +289,12 @@ static int conf_set_sym_val(struct symbol *sym, int def, int def_flags, char *p)
 #define LINE_GROWTH 16
 static int add_byte(int c, char **lineptr, size_t slen, size_t *n)
 {
-	char *nline;
 	size_t new_size = slen + 1;
+
 	if (new_size > *n) {
 		new_size += LINE_GROWTH - 1;
 		new_size *= 2;
-		nline = xrealloc(*lineptr, new_size);
-		if (!nline)
-			return -1;
-
-		*lineptr = nline;
+		*lineptr = xrealloc(*lineptr, new_size);
 		*n = new_size;
 	}
 
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2.40.1