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From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 21:46:38 +0400

> I do not quite like doing so. Since this relies on fact that kfree bears
> NULL pointers. But if we ever switch from kmalloc to kmem_cache_alloc,
> this will result in an oops.

The whole reason we made kfree allow NULL points is so that
checks for it would be ommitted at kfree calls sides, whether
they be direct or indirect.

Adding the check for some theoretical-or-not future change is
rediculious.
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