Re: [PATCH] kernel-audit: Delete unnecessary checks before two function calls

From: Paul Moore
Date: Thu Nov 19 2015 - 15:54:01 EST


On Sunday, November 15, 2015 12:42:52 PM SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 12:38:33 +0100
>
> The functions consume_skb() and kfree_skb() test whether their argument
> is NULL and then return immediately.
> Thus the tests around their calls are not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/audit.c | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Merged, thanks.

> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 5ffcbd3..1e8e228 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -509,8 +509,7 @@ static void flush_hold_queue(void)
> * if auditd just disappeared but we
> * dequeued an skb we need to drop ref
> */
> - if (skb)
> - consume_skb(skb);
> + consume_skb(skb);
> }
>
> static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
> @@ -1232,9 +1231,7 @@ static void audit_buffer_free(struct audit_buffer *ab)
> if (!ab)
> return;
>
> - if (ab->skb)
> - kfree_skb(ab->skb);
> -
> + kfree_skb(ab->skb);
> spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags);
> if (audit_freelist_count > AUDIT_MAXFREE)
> kfree(ab);

--
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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