Re: [PATCH] drm/atomic: Delete an unnecessary check before drm_property_unreference_blob()

From: Sean Paul
Date: Wed Jul 20 2016 - 13:30:11 EST


On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:02 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:54:32 +0200
>
> The drm_property_unreference_blob() function tests whether its argument
> is NULL and then returns immediately.
> 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>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> index 3cee084..8d2f111 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> @@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ drm_atomic_replace_property_blob(struct drm_property_blob **blob,
> if (old_blob == new_blob)
> return;
>
> - if (old_blob)
> - drm_property_unreference_blob(old_blob);
> + drm_property_unreference_blob(old_blob);
> if (new_blob)
> drm_property_reference_blob(new_blob);


I wonder whether it'd be worthwhile to add the same check to
drm_property_reference_blob to make things symmetric.

Musings aside, I've applied this to drm-misc.

Sean


> *blob = new_blob;
> --
> 2.9.2
>
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