Re: [PATCH] bestcomm: no need to free when kzalloc fail

From: Libo Chen
Date: Wed May 22 2013 - 02:05:14 EST


On 2013/5/22 12:58, Li Zefan wrote:
> On 2013/5/22 12:49, Libo Chen wrote:
>>
>> ping...
>>
>> On 2013/5/5 16:38, chenlibo.3@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> From: Libo Chen <libo.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> There is no need to free bcom_eng if kzalloc fail
>>>
>
> kfree(NULL) is fine. We gain nothing from this patch, and it even adds one
> more line to the code, so just drop thi patch.
>

yes, no bad will happen


thanks,

Libo

>>> Signed-off-by: Libo Chen <libo.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/dma/bestcomm/bestcomm.c | 3 ++-
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/bestcomm/bestcomm.c b/drivers/dma/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
>>> index a8c2e29..300ee2d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/dma/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/dma/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
>>> @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_bcom_probe(struct platform_device *op)
>>> printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME ": "
>>> "Can't allocate state structure\n");
>>> rv = -ENOMEM;
>>> - goto error_sramclean;
>>> + goto error_kzalloc;
>>> }
>>>
>>> /* Save the node */
>>> @@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ error_release:
>>> release_mem_region(res_bcom.start, sizeof(struct mpc52xx_sdma));
>>> error_sramclean:
>>> kfree(bcom_eng);
>>> +error_kzalloc:
>>> bcom_sram_cleanup();
>>> error_ofput:
>>> of_node_put(op->dev.of_node);
>>>
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