Hi Marcus, On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:22 AM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 21:15:23 +0200 > > The kfree() function was called in two cases by the mac_ioctl() function > during error handling even if the passed variable did not contain a pointer > for a valid data item. > > Improve this implementation detail by the introduction of another > jump label. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This is pointless micro-optimisation: kfree(NULL) is perfectly valid and buff is either malloc'd memory or NULL when it's called. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ -- 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