Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove an redundant null check before kfree()

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Oct 29 2019 - 04:06:40 EST


On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 09:25:15AM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> On 2019/10/29 0:24, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:05:02AM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> >> On 2019/10/25 10:42, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 03:38:26PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> >>>> kfree() has taken null pointer into account. hence it is safe to remove
> >>>> the unnecessary check.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c | 3 +--
> >>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> >>>> index 7011c2a..4597f4f 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.c
> >>>> @@ -2210,8 +2210,7 @@ void rtw_free_hwxmits(struct adapter *padapter)
> >>>> struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv = &padapter->xmitpriv;
> >>>>
> >>>> hwxmits = pxmitpriv->hwxmits;
> >>>> - if (hwxmits)
> >>>> - kfree(hwxmits);
> >>>> + kfree(hwxmits);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> void rtw_init_hwxmits(struct hw_xmit *phwxmit, sint entry)
> >>>> --
> >>>> 1.7.12.4
> >>>>
> >>> Patch does not apply to my tree :(
> >>>
> >>> .
> >>>
> >> Greg, Could you apply the patch to your tree ?
> > It did not apply, so what do you want me to do with it?
> >
> > confused,
> Could you receive the patch ? :-)

The patch did not apply properly to my tree, there is no way I can apply
it. Please fix it up and resend it so that I can apply it.

thanks,

greg k-h