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* [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary NULL check before vfree
@ 2026-05-28  7:00 Bastien Cossette
  2026-05-28  7:03 ` Dan Carpenter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bastien Cossette @ 2026-05-28  7:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: linux-staging, Bastien Cossette

The vfree() function handles NULL pointers natively. Cleaning up the
redundant if check simplifies the code and adheres to core kernel
coding styles.

Signed-off-by: Bastien Cossette <bastiencossette29@icloud.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c
index 728a2171fbcb..00c511b38595 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/hal_com.c
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ u8 rtw_hal_data_init(struct adapter *padapter)
 
 void rtw_hal_data_deinit(struct adapter *padapter)
 {
-	if (padapter->HalData) {
-		vfree(padapter->HalData);
-		padapter->HalData = NULL;
-		padapter->hal_data_sz = 0;
-	}
+	vfree(padapter->HalData);
+	padapter->HalData = NULL;
+	padapter->hal_data_sz = 0;
 }
 
-
 void dump_chip_info(struct hal_version	chip_version)
 {
 	char buf[128];
-- 
2.53.0


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* Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary NULL check before vfree
  2026-05-28  7:00 [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unnecessary NULL check before vfree Bastien Cossette
@ 2026-05-28  7:03 ` Dan Carpenter
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2026-05-28  7:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bastien Cossette; +Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-staging

On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 03:00:45AM -0400, Bastien Cossette wrote:
> The vfree() function handles NULL pointers natively. Cleaning up the
> redundant if check simplifies the code and adheres to core kernel
> coding styles.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bastien Cossette <bastiencossette29@icloud.com>
> ---

Please don't resend patches in the same day.  Also we need a note
about what changed.

https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/how-to-send-a-v2-patch/

regards,
dan carpenter

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