The patch titled
Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: delete an unnecessary check before the macro call dev_kfree_skb()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb.patch
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: delete an unnecessary check before the macro call dev_kfree_skb()
dev_kfree_skb() input parameter validation, thus the test around the call
is not needed.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/07477187-63e5-cc80-34c1-32dd16b38e12@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/mqueue.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c~ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb
+++ a/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ out_fput:
out:
if (sock)
netlink_detachskb(sock, nc);
- else if (nc)
+ else
dev_kfree_skb(nc);
return ret;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
ipc-mqueuec-delete-an-unnecessary-check-before-the-macro-call-dev_kfree_skb.patch
ipc-mqueue-improve-exception-handling-in-do_mq_notify.patch
