netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net-PPP: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree"

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Date:	Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:11:51 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net-PPP: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the
 function call "kfree"

On 12/01/2014 06:00 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
>>> index 911b216..7e44212 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
>>> @@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ static void *mppe_alloc(unsigned char *options, int optlen)
>>>        return (void *)state;
>>>
>>>        out_free:
>>> -        if (state->sha1_digest)
>>> -        kfree(state->sha1_digest);
>>> +    kfree(state->sha1_digest);

>>     Please keep this line aligned to the others.

> Can it be that the previous source code contained unwanted space
> characters at this place?

    Yes, it seems so.

> Do you want indentation fixes as a separate update step?

    Yes, that would be better to keep it separate.

> Regards,
> Markus

WBR, Sergei

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