Re: [PATCH] scsi: aic7xxx: Remove null pointer checks before kfree()

From: Alex Dewar
Date: Tue Apr 07 2020 - 11:55:11 EST


Markus,

On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 10:02:47PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > NULL check before kfree is unnecessary so remove it.
>
> I hope that you would like to take another update suggestion into account
> (besides a typo correction for your commit message).
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1220189/
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/20200403164712.49579-1-alex.dewar@xxxxxxxxx/

I'm not sure I understand the relevance. Are you saying I should
reference this other patch?

>
> Do you find a previous update suggestion like âSCSI-aic7...: Delete unnecessary
> checks before the function call "kfree"â also interesting?
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/54D3E057.9030600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/540593/
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/5/650
>

Thanks for the reference. I'll mention it in the commit if I do a v2.

Best,
Alex

> Regards,
> Markus