Re: [PATCH 08/29] IB/mlx4: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "kfree" in free_pv_object()

From: Majd Dibbiny
Date: Sun Feb 19 2017 - 12:11:21 EST



> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:28 PM, SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:06:24 +0100
>
> The script "checkpatch.pl" pointed information out like the following.
>
> WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required
>
> Thus fix the affected source code place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> index 75b6522b3a8f..9518b7244269 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
> @@ -1966,10 +1966,8 @@ static int alloc_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port,
>
> static void free_pv_object(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev, int slave, int port)
> {
> - if (dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]) {
> - kfree(dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]);
> - dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave] = NULL;
> - }
> + kfree(dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave]);
> + dev->sriov.demux[port - 1].tun[slave] = NULL;
> }
In case it was NULL, we will have a redundant assignment here.
I don't think this change is needed..
>
> static int create_pv_resources(struct ib_device *ibdev, int slave, int port,
> --
> 2.11.1
>
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