From: Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>,
alan@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@math.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [2.4] init/do_mounts.c::rd_load_image() memleak
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:04:21 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030314110421.A28273@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030314075957.GX836@suse.de>
Hello!
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:59:57AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > > + if (buf)
> > > > + kfree(buf);
> > > kfree(NULL); is valid - you don't need this check.
> > Almost every place I can think of does just this, so I do not see why this
> > particular piece of code should be different.
> Since when has that been a valid argument? :)
Well, my argument is code uniformness which was always valid as long as it does not
introduce any bugs, I think.
Do you propose somebody should go and fix all
if ( something )
kfree(something);
pieces of code to read just
kfree(something); ?
Bye,
Oleg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-14 7:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-13 21:01 [2.4] init/do_mounts.c::rd_load_image() memleak Oleg Drokin
2003-03-13 22:03 ` Russell King
2003-03-14 7:50 ` Oleg Drokin
2003-03-14 7:59 ` Jens Axboe
2003-03-14 8:04 ` Oleg Drokin [this message]
2003-03-14 8:08 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-03-14 8:09 ` Jens Axboe
2003-03-14 10:05 ` Denis Vlasenko
2003-03-14 17:40 ` John Alvord
2003-03-15 18:40 ` Horst von Brand
2003-03-15 18:36 ` Horst von Brand
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