Re: [PATCH] SCSI-bfa: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"

[SF Markus Elfring]

> Patch looks good. 
> Thanks!
> Acked-by: Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SF Markus Elfring [mailto:elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 21 November 2014 04:17
> To: Anil Gurumurthy; James E. J. Bottomley; Sudarsana Kalluru; linux-scsi
> Cc: linux-kernel; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Julia Lawall
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] SCSI-bfa: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"
> 
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:43:17 +0100
> 
> The vfree() function performs also input parameter validation. 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/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c index 8e83d04..a72170f 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c
> @@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ bfad_debugfs_release_fwtrc(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  	if (!fw_debug)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	if (fw_debug->debug_buffer)
> -		vfree(fw_debug->debug_buffer);
> +	vfree(fw_debug->debug_buffer);
>  
>  	file->private_data = NULL;
>  	kfree(fw_debug);
> --
> 2.1.3
> 

Would you like to integrate this update suggestion
into another source code repository?

Regards,
Markus
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