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From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] dm ioctl: Delete an unnecessary check before the
 function call "dm_table_destroy"
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:12:34 -0500
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On Mon, Feb 02 2015 at 10:23am -0500,
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:30:37 +0100
> 
> The dm_table_destroy() 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.

Your proposed patch (while technically correct) hurts code clarity.

Nack.