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* [PATCH 1/2] HID: kfree() NULL pointer cleanup
@ 2011-08-04 20:42 Bojan Prtvar
  2011-08-04 20:48 ` Julia Lawall
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bojan Prtvar @ 2011-08-04 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jkosina; +Cc: linux-input, linux-kernel, kernel-janitors, Bojan Prtvar

Checking for NULL pointers before kfree() is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Bojan Prtvar <prtvar.b@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c b/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
index 158b389..62f95d4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
@@ -849,9 +849,7 @@ static int pk_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 err_stop:
 	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
 err_free:
-	if (pm != NULL)
-		kfree(pm);
-
+	kfree(pm);
 	kfree(pk);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.7.1


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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: kfree() NULL pointer cleanup
  2011-08-04 20:42 [PATCH 1/2] HID: kfree() NULL pointer cleanup Bojan Prtvar
@ 2011-08-04 20:48 ` Julia Lawall
  2011-08-04 21:16   ` bojan prtvar
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2011-08-04 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bojan Prtvar; +Cc: jkosina, linux-input, linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Bojan Prtvar wrote:

> Checking for NULL pointers before kfree() is redundant.

I would find it even nicer to just add a new lavel to skip over the kfree 
in the case where pm is NULL.  It is statically apparent in the source 
code.

julia

> Signed-off-by: Bojan Prtvar <prtvar.b@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c |    4 +---
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c b/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
> index 158b389..62f95d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-prodikeys.c
> @@ -849,9 +849,7 @@ static int pk_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
>  err_stop:
>  	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
>  err_free:
> -	if (pm != NULL)
> -		kfree(pm);
> -
> +	kfree(pm);
>  	kfree(pk);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: kfree() NULL pointer cleanup
  2011-08-04 20:48 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2011-08-04 21:16   ` bojan prtvar
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: bojan prtvar @ 2011-08-04 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: jkosina, linux-input, linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Bojan Prtvar wrote:
>
> I would find it even nicer to just add a new lavel to skip over the kfree
> in the case where pm is NULL.  It is statically apparent in the source
> code.

Yes, it would be nicer. I'll send v2.

Regards,
Bojan
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