Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

From: Mikko Perttunen
Date: Thu Dec 01 2022 - 03:57:50 EST


On 12/1/22 03:55, zys.zljxml@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Fix the following coccicheck warning:
./drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c:97:2-7: WARNING:
NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
index ecab72882192..05b36bfc8b74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static void host1x_syncpt_fence_release(struct dma_fence *f)
{
struct host1x_syncpt_fence *sf = to_host1x_fence(f);
- if (sf->waiter)
- kfree(sf->waiter);
+ kfree(sf->waiter);
dma_fence_free(f);
}

I disagree with this coccinelle rule; I think it obfuscates from the reader the fact that the pointer could be NULL.

Mikko