> kfree() is safe to call on a NULL pointer. This is true. > Despite that, you have found several instances of similar constructs: Yes. - Special source code search pattern can point such places out for further considerations. > Didn't it occur to you that maybe those constructs are fine the way > they are and this is the idiomatic way to write that kind of code? Such a programming approach might look convenient. - I would prefer a safer coding style for the corresponding exception handling. > Why are you submitting patches implementing changes that have already > been rejected? The feedback to my update mixture is varying between acceptance and disagreements as usual. > Judging from your recent submissions, it seems that this process is not > working well for you. I'm probably not the only one that is wonderign > what are you trying to obtain with your patch submissions, other than > having your name in the git log. I am picking some change possibilities up in the hope of related software improvements. Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html