Re: [PATCH] xen: remove unnecessary condition check before kfree

From: zhong jiang
Date: Mon Sep 10 2018 - 09:53:02 EST


On 2018/9/10 17:52, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 08/09/18 16:18, zhong jiang wrote:
>> kfree has taken null pointer into account. So just remove the
>> condition check before kfree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> index fbb9137..7e1d49e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
>> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static int push_pxx_to_hypervisor(struct acpi_processor *_pr)
>> pr_warn("(_PXX): Hypervisor error (%d) for ACPI CPU%u\n",
>> ret, _pr->acpi_id);
>> err_free:
>> - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dst_states))
>> + if (!IS_ERR(dst_states))
> This is just a change of the condition, not a removal.
>
> I don't think change is worth it.
>
Fine, I just consider the duplication of function. Of course. make sense you have said.
Maybe it will more clear to have the judgement.

Thanks,
zhong jiang
> Juergen
>
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