Re: [0/2] powerpc/powernv/vas: Adjustments for two function implementations

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 08:14:53 EST


> This is explicit in Kernel documentation:
>
> /**
> * kfree - free previously allocated memory
> * @object: pointer returned by kmalloc() or kmem_cache_alloc()
> *
> * If @object is NULL, no operation is performed.
> */
>
> That's exactly the same behaviour as free() in libc.
>
> So Coccinelle should be fixed if it reports an error for that.

Redundant function calls can occasionally be avoided accordingly,
can't they?

Regards,
Markus