Re: [PATCH] net: xfrm: fix bug in ipcomp_free_scratches

[Dongliang Mu]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 3:53 PM Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:38:29PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> >
> > -     for_each_possible_cpu(i)
> > -             vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i));
> > +     for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> > +             void *scratch = *per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i);
> > +             if (!scratch)
> > +                     vfree(scratch);
> > +     }
>
> This patch is unnecessary.  Please check the implementation of
> vfree, it already checks for NULL pointers just like most of our
> free primitives.

Yes, you're right. Let me double-check the code and find out where the
problem is.

>
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