Re: [PATCH 2/5] staging: wilc1000: remove FREE_WILC_BUFFER()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Aug 17 2015 - 13:42:40 EST


On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:08:34PM -0400, Raphaël Beamonte wrote:
> It was just a wrapper around kfree(), so call that instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> + kfree(exported_g_tx_buf);
> + exported_g_tx_buf = NULL;

No need to add these new NULL assignments. The module is unloading so
no one cat re-use these pointers. Also as a process rule, you should
write down any behaviour changes in the changelog and why you think they
are needed.

regards,
dan carpenter

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