On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > > > The label fail frees dev->buf, but kbuf hasn't yet been stored there at > > this point. > > ... > > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > I wonder if it is really correct to free dev->buf at fail in this case. > > Because it is freeing the previously allocated value of dev->buf, not the > > current one as done in subsequent cases. > > I don't think it matters. This check is probably there only for > safety; it should not be possible for dev->buf to be non-NULL at this > point. You ought to be able to remove the entire > > if (dev->buf) > goto fail; > > statement with no ill effects. I can send such a patch if you think it is OK. But I have no way to test it. julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
