From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:34:02 +0200 A null pointer would be passed to a call of the function “kfree” immediately after a call of the function “kstrdup” failed at one place. Remove this superfluous function call. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c index 16e86ba8aa20..2a783dc0cfa7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c @@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_store(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr, args = argbuf = kstrdup(buf, GFP_KERNEL); if (!argbuf) { pr_info("Could not allocate resources for DLPAR operation\n"); - kfree(argbuf); return -ENOMEM; } -- 2.23.0