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* [patch] efi: remove "kfree(NULL)"
@ 2013-04-30  7:43 Dan Carpenter
       [not found] ` <20130430074344.GE7237-mgFCXtclrQlZLf2FXnZxJA@public.gmane.org>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2013-04-30  7:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matt Fleming
  Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA,
	kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA

No need to free a NULL pointer.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
index 66928a3..7067b56 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -420,10 +420,8 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var)
 
 	short_name = kzalloc(short_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (!short_name) {
-		kfree(short_name);
+	if (!short_name)
 		return 1;
-	}
 
 	/* Convert Unicode to normal chars (assume top bits are 0),
 	   ala UTF-8 */

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* Re: [patch] efi: remove "kfree(NULL)"
       [not found] ` <20130430074344.GE7237-mgFCXtclrQlZLf2FXnZxJA@public.gmane.org>
@ 2013-04-30 11:34   ` Matt Fleming
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Matt Fleming @ 2013-04-30 11:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Carpenter
  Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA,
	kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA

On 30/04/13 08:43, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> No need to free a NULL pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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