netdev - Re: [PATCH][next] Bluetooth: kfree tmp rather than an alias to it

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Message-Id: <5F62B3BB-4288-42A6-8BD6-6E39EEAB7C58@holtmann.org>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2017 21:20:26 +0200
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "open list:BLUETOOTH DRIVERS" <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] Bluetooth: kfree tmp rather than an alias to it

Hi Colin,

> While the kfree of dhkey_a is of the same address of tmp, it
> probably is clearer and more human readable if tmp is kfree'd
> rather than dhkey_a.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1448650 ("Free of address-of expression")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/selftest.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel