netdev - Re: [PATCH] WiMAX-i2400m: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:11:20 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com>,
	linux-wimax@...el.com, 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] WiMAX-i2400m: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "kfree_skb"

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:17:55 +0100
> 
> 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>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c
> index 4c41790..4de22b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c
> @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void i2400m_msg_to_dev_cancel_wait(struct i2400m *i2400m, int code)
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&i2400m->rx_lock, flags);
>  	ack_skb = i2400m->ack_skb;
> -	if (ack_skb && !IS_ERR(ack_skb))
> +	if (!IS_ERR(ack_skb))
>  		kfree_skb(ack_skb);
>  	i2400m->ack_skb = ERR_PTR(code);
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i2400m->rx_lock, flags);
> 

How do you think about to integrate this update suggestion
into another source code repository?

Regards,
Markus