----- Original Message ----- > From: "SF Markus Elfring" <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@xxxxxx>, "Hannes Reinecke" <hare@xxxxxxx>, "James E. J. > Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "LKML" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Julia Lawall" <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 8:30:35 AM > Subject: [PATCH] scsi: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:20:21 +0200 > > The kfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then > returns 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/scsi/scsi.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > index 1f36aca..1794c0c 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > @@ -864,8 +864,7 @@ retry_pg83: > rcu_assign_pointer(sdev->vpd_pg83, vpd_buf); > mutex_unlock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex); > synchronize_rcu(); > - if (orig_vpd_buf) > - kfree(orig_vpd_buf); > + kfree(orig_vpd_buf); > } > } > > -- > 2.9.2 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Looks fine, small comment is that the function call prior to check in the fucntion sets up variables etc. So is more expensive than a simple NULL check prior. Reviewed-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
