netdev - Re: [BACKPORT 4.14.y 4/8] net: sctp: fix warning "NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed"

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Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 20:33:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        vyasevich@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        hariprasad.kelam@...il.com, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, orsonzhai@...il.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BACKPORT 4.14.y 4/8] net: sctp: fix warning "NULL check before
 some freeing functions is not needed"

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 11:52:06AM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 02:58:16PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > From: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
> > 
> > This patch removes NULL checks before calling kfree.
> > 
> > fixes below issues reported by coccicheck
> > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2586:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
> > freeing functions is not needed.
> > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2652:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
> > freeing functions is not needed.
> > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2667:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
> > freeing functions is not needed.
> > net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:2684:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before some
> > freeing functions is not needed.
> 
> Hi. This doesn't seem the kind of patch that should be backported to
> such old/stable releases. After all, it's just a cleanup.

I agree, this does not seem necessary _unless_ it is needed for a later
real fix.

thanks,

greg k-h