| Message ID | 20150909225712.GA6796@lkp-nex05 |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:57:12 +0800 > net/ipv6/route.c:2946:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before freeing functions like kfree, debugfs_remove, debugfs_remove_recursive or usb_free_urb is not needed. Maybe consider reorganizing relevant code to avoid passing NULL values. > > NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. > > Based on checkpatch warning > "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required" > and kfreeaddr.cocci by Julia Lawall. > > Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci > > CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> > Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 9/9/15, 3:57 PM, kbuild test robot wrote: > net/ipv6/route.c:2946:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before freeing functions like kfree, debugfs_remove, debugfs_remove_recursive or usb_free_urb is not needed. Maybe consider reorganizing relevant code to avoid passing NULL values. > > NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. > > Based on checkpatch warning > "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required" > and kfreeaddr.cocci by Julia Lawall. > > Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci > > CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> > Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> > FWIW, Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c @@ -2942,8 +2942,7 @@ cleanup: list_for_each_entry_safe(nh, nh_safe, &rt6_nh_list, next) { if (nh->rt6_info) dst_free(&nh->rt6_info->dst); - if (nh->mxc.mx) - kfree(nh->mxc.mx); + kfree(nh->mxc.mx); list_del(&nh->next); kfree(nh); }
net/ipv6/route.c:2946:3-8: WARNING: NULL check before freeing functions like kfree, debugfs_remove, debugfs_remove_recursive or usb_free_urb is not needed. Maybe consider reorganizing relevant code to avoid passing NULL values. NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. Based on checkpatch warning "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required" and kfreeaddr.cocci by Julia Lawall. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> --- route.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html