>> @@ -487,8 +488,7 @@ static void rtw_usb_if1_deinit(struct adapter *if1) >> DBG_88E("+r871xu_dev_remove, hw_init_completed=%d\n", >> if1->hw_init_completed); >> rtw_free_drv_sw(if1); >> - if (pnetdev) >> - rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev); >> + rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev); > > I still feel that hiding the if statement inside the function call makes > the code more subtle and it is a bad harmful thing to do. I find your feedback interesting. > This is especially true if you have trained yourself to know that > free_netdev() can't accept NULL pointers. Do you need to adjust your concerns a bit over time when function variants provide a corresponding safety check in their implementations? Regards, Markus -- 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