Re: [PATCH -next] ti/fapll: Delete useless kfree code

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Thu Dec 17 2020 - 04:50:00 EST


Quoting Zheng Yongjun (2020-12-16 05:05:34)
> The parameter of kfree function is NULL, so kfree code is useless, delete it.

Not always though. Sometimes it is non-NULL and this code avoids a goto.

>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clk/ti/fapll.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/ti/fapll.c b/drivers/clk/ti/fapll.c
> index 95e36ba64acc..a61d69159e9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/ti/fapll.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/ti/fapll.c
> @@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static struct clk * __init ti_fapll_synth_setup(struct fapll_data *fd,
> return clk_register(NULL, &synth->hw);
>
> free:
> - kfree(synth);
> kfree(init);
>
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);