Re: [PATCH resent] staging: rtl8188eu: Deletion of unnecessary checks before three function calls

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Fri Oct 31 2014 - 14:01:15 EST


On Fri, 31 Oct 2014, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> The functions kfree(), rtw_free_netdev() and vfree() test whether their
> argument is NULL and then return immediately. Thus the test around the call
> is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c | 3 +--
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c | 3 +--
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c | 3 +--
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 5 ++---
> 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
> index 7006088..77f7552 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
> @@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ efuse_phymap_to_logical(u8 *phymap, u16 _offset, u16
> _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
> exit:
> kfree(efuseTbl);
>
> - if (eFuseWord)
> - kfree(eFuseWord);
> + kfree(eFuseWord);

I think that this code has been updated already. It would be better to
add labels so that kfree is only executed when needed.

julia

> }
>
> static void efuse_read_phymap_from_txpktbuf(
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> index 149c271..df54350 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> @@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ void rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
> rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
>
> if (pmlmepriv) {
> - if (pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf)
> - vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
> + vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
> }
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> index e1dc8fa..af1de9c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> @@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ u32 _rtw_free_sta_priv(struct sta_priv *pstapriv)
>
> rtw_mfree_sta_priv_lock(pstapriv);
>
> - if (pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf)
> - vfree(pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf);
> + vfree(pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf);
> }
>
> return _SUCCESS;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index 639ace0..011c9cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -246,11 +246,9 @@ void _rtw_free_xmit_priv (struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv)
> pxmitbuf++;
> }
>
> - if (pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf)
> - vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf);
> + vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf);
>
> - if (pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf)
> - vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf);
> + vfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf);
>
> /* free xmit extension buff */
> pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmit_extbuf;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index 407a318..cdb70e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ free_adapter:
> if (status != _SUCCESS) {
> if (pnetdev)
> rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> - else if (padapter)
> + else
> vfree(padapter);
> padapter = NULL;
> }
> @@ -487,8 +487,7 @@ static void rtw_usb_if1_deinit(struct adapter *if1)
> DBG_88E("+r871xu_dev_remove, hw_init_completed=%d\n",
> if1->hw_init_completed);
> rtw_free_drv_sw(if1);
> - if (pnetdev)
> - rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> + rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> }
>
> static int rtw_drv_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf, const struct
> usb_device_id *pdid)
> --
> 2.1.2
>
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