Re: [PATCH v4] staging: r8188eu: core: remove null check before vfree

From: Kari Argillander
Date: Sun Aug 29 2021 - 13:13:57 EST


On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 10:30:09PM +0530, Saurav Girepunje wrote:
> Remove NULL check. NULL check before freeing function is not needed.
> Correct the indentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> ChangeLog V4:
> - Add Change log below --- line
>
> ChangeLog V3:
> - Add change log.
>
> ChangeLog V2:
> - Correct the indentation.

You need "---" here also. So everything what is between

---
here
---

will be ignored when you apply patch. This is good place to write
changelog, if you have tested this with real hardware, if you have any
guestions about your own implementation etc.

>
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> index f6dffed53a60..c3600cb1790a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> @@ -155,9 +155,8 @@ u32 _rtw_free_sta_priv(struct sta_priv *pstapriv)
> spin_unlock_bh(&pstapriv->sta_hash_lock);
> /*===============================*/
>
> - if (pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf)
> - vfree(pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf);
> - }
> + vfree(pstapriv->pallocated_stainfo_buf);
> + }
>
> return _SUCCESS;
> }
> --
> 2.32.0
>