RE: [PATCH 1/1] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Thu Nov 20 2014 - 13:58:43 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: SF Markus Elfring [mailto:elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:25 AM
> To: Haiyang Zhang; KY Srinivasan; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: LKML; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Julia Lawall
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] net: Hyper-V: Deletion of an unnecessary check
> before the function call "vfree"
>
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:15:21 +0100
>
> The vfree() function performs also input parameter validation. Thus the
> test
> around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!