From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:26:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20150205.002659.5380563129515607.davem@davemloft.net> References: <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <54D20EC9.8090105@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: manish.chopra@qlogic.com, rajesh.borundia@qlogic.com, sony.chacko@qlogic.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, julia.lawall@lip6.fr To: elfring@users.sourceforge.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54D20EC9.8090105@users.sourceforge.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: SF Markus Elfring Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:21:29 +0100 > From: Markus Elfring > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 13:17:48 +0100 > > The kfree() 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 Applied.