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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, phil@philpotter.co.uk,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove unneeded if-null-free check
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:48:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YUW12SAg7I2cmzVY@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1631956206-83175-1-git-send-email-jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 05:10:06PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> Eliminate the following coccicheck warning:
> 
> ./drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c:545:3-8: WARNING: NULL check
> before some freeing functions is not needed.
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
> Fixes: 2b42bd58b321 ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new os_dep dir for RTL8188eu driver")
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index d04d2f65..7e42a0a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -541,9 +541,7 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_usb_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj,
>  	if (status != _SUCCESS) {
>  		if (pnetdev)
>  			rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> -		else if (padapter)
> -			vfree(padapter);
> -		padapter = NULL;
> +		vfree(padapter);
>  	}
>  exit:
>  	return padapter;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 

You just changed how this function works. :(

Please be MUCH more careful, and fix your robot.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-18  9:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-18  9:10 [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove unneeded if-null-free check Jiapeng Chong
2021-09-18  9:48 ` Greg KH [this message]

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