old_class_name, and new_class_name are never used. This patch remove the declaration and calls to kfree. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r1 forall@ type T; identifier i; @@ * T *i = NULL; ... when != i * kfree(i); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes from V1: Added drivers/base/core.c: to subject drivers/base/core.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index a235085..27603a6 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1685,8 +1685,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy); */ int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name) { - char *old_class_name = NULL; - char *new_class_name = NULL; char *old_device_name = NULL; int error; @@ -1717,8 +1715,6 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, const char *new_name) out: put_device(dev); - kfree(new_class_name); - kfree(old_class_name); kfree(old_device_name); return error; -- 1.7.11.7 -- 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