On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 21:52 +0100, Thomas Meyer wrote: > NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. Technically true, however I think a comment should be added then to make it clearer to someone reading the code why this is ok. See below. Suraj. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> > --- > > diff -u -p a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c > b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_nested.c > @@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ static long int __kvmhv_nested_page_faul > rmapp = &memslot->arch.rmap[gfn - memslot->base_gfn]; > ret = kvmppc_create_pte(kvm, gp->shadow_pgtable, pte, n_gpa, > level, > mmu_seq, gp->shadow_lpid, rmapp, > &n_rmap); > - if (n_rmap) > - kfree(n_rmap); > + kfree(n_rmap); e.g. /* n_rmap set to NULL in kvmppc_create_pte if reference preserved */ > if (ret == -EAGAIN) > ret = RESUME_GUEST; /* Let the guest try > again */ >
