Re: [PATCH] Document kfree and vfree NULL usage

From: Phil Oester
Date: Sat Nov 27 2004 - 16:25:16 EST


On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 09:43:17PM +0100, Marcel Sebek wrote:
> diff -urpN linux-2.6.10/sound/core/init.c linux-2.6.10-new/sound/core/init.c
> --- linux-2.6.10/sound/core/init.c 2004-10-23 10:55:09.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.10-new/sound/core/init.c 2004-11-27 21:21:50.000000000 +0100
> @@ -665,9 +665,8 @@ int snd_card_file_remove(snd_card_t *car
> spin_unlock(&card->files_lock);
> if (card->files == NULL)
> wake_up(&card->shutdown_sleep);
> - if (mfile) {
> - kfree(mfile);
> - } else {
> + kfree(mfile);
> + if (!mfile) {
> snd_printk(KERN_ERR "ALSA card file remove problem (%p)\n", file);
> return -ENOENT;
> }

The above change seems to always trigger the ENOENT return, no?

Phil

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