On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:41:30 +0530 Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do not check for NOT NULL before calling kfree because if the > pointer is NULL, no action occurs. > Done using the following semantic patch by coccinelle. > > @@ > expression ptr; > @@ > > - if (ptr != NULL) { > kfree(ptr); > ptr = NULL; > - } > > The semantic patch has the effect of adding an assignment > of ptr to NULL in the case where ptr is NULL already. > > Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@xxxxxxxxx> Please read drivers/staging/irda/TODO _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel