Re: [PATCH] crypto-jitterentropy: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kzfree"

From: Stephan Mueller
Date: Tue Jun 23 2015 - 17:44:56 EST


Am Dienstag, 23. Juni 2015, 23:20:21 schrieb SF Markus Elfring:

Hi Markus,

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:30:21 +0200
>
> The kzfree() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then
> returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Ack: the patch is correct and I was overzealous.

Nack: I just proposed a patch earlier today to avoid compiler warnings [1].
That patch clashes with yours. May I ask you to wait briefly to see whether
that patch will be accepted? If yes, it would be great if you could repost the
patch that applies to the changed code.

PS: when you are at it, maybe even the last line in the function can be
removed: setting the entropy_collector to NULL at that the end of the function
is moot as well.

Thanks.

[1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1506.2/05196.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> crypto/jitterentropy.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/jitterentropy.c b/crypto/jitterentropy.c
> index d3c3045..22ded3e 100644
> --- a/crypto/jitterentropy.c
> +++ b/crypto/jitterentropy.c
> @@ -698,11 +698,9 @@ static struct rand_data
> *jent_entropy_collector_alloc(unsigned int osr,
>
> static void jent_entropy_collector_free(struct rand_data
> *entropy_collector) {
> - if (entropy_collector->mem)
> - kzfree(entropy_collector->mem);
> + kzfree(entropy_collector->mem);
> entropy_collector->mem = NULL;
> - if (entropy_collector)
> - kzfree(entropy_collector);
> + kzfree(entropy_collector);
> entropy_collector = NULL;
> }


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Ciao
Stephan
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