Re: [PATCH resent] staging: rtl8188eu: Deletion of unnecessary checks before three function calls

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>> The functions kfree(), rtw_free_netdev() and vfree() test whether their
>> argument is NULL and then return immediately. Thus the test around the call
>> is not needed.
>>
>> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c   | 3 +--
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c    | 3 +--
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c | 3 +--
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c    | 6 ++----
>>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c  | 5 ++---
>>  5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
>> index 7006088..77f7552 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
>> @@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ efuse_phymap_to_logical(u8 *phymap, u16 _offset, u16
>> _size_byte, u8  *pbuf)
>>  exit:
>>  	kfree(efuseTbl);
>>
>> -	if (eFuseWord)
>> -		kfree(eFuseWord);
>> +	kfree(eFuseWord);
> 
> I think that this code has been updated already.  It would be better to
> add labels so that kfree is only executed when needed.

Are there any chances to achieve the suggested fine-tuning for jump labels
also with another semantic patch approach?

Regards,
Markus
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