netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree

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Message-Id: <9C51A102-B15D-45F4-8034-A9D4986A93DF@holtmann.org>
Date:	Sun, 15 Nov 2015 09:20:45 +0900
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac802154: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree_skb"

Hi Markus,

> The kfree_skb() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
> net/mac802154/rx.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel

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