The patch titled Subject: ocfs2/dlm: remove redundant null pointer check has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ocfs2-dlm-remove-redundant-null-pointer-check.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ocfs2/dlm: remove redundant null pointer check kfree on a NULL pointer is a no-op. Remove the redundant null pointer check. Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c~ocfs2-dlm-remove-redundant-null-pointer-check fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c --- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c~ocfs2-dlm-remove-redundant-null-pointer-check +++ a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c @@ -1498,10 +1498,8 @@ leave: dlm_put(dlm); if (ret < 0) { - if (buf) - kfree(buf); - if (item) - kfree(item); + kfree(buf); + kfree(item); mlog_errno(ret); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch drivers-video-exynos-exynos_mipi_dsic-convert-to-devm_ioremap_resource.patch ocfs2-dlm-remove-redundant-null-pointer-check.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-tps6586xc-remove-incorrect-use-of-rtc_device_unregister.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-tps65910c-fix-incorrect-return-value-on-error.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-max8997c-fix-incorrect-return-value-on-error.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-max77686c-fix-incorrect-return-value-on-error.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-max8907c-remove-redundant-code.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-max77686c-use-devm_regmap_init_i2c.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-88pm860xc-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-at32ap700xc-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-ds1305c-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-ds1374c-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-ds3232c-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-m48t35c-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-max8925c-use-devm_-apis.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-pxac-use-devm_-apis.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html