Re: [PATCH] kvfree_rcu(): fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Sun Sep 27 2020 - 19:02:08 EST


On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 03:00:29PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> NULL check before kfree is not needed.
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci
>
> Fixes: e9bed2a1239b ("kvfree_rcu(): Switch to kmalloc() and kfree() for allocations")
> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git urezki-pcount.2020.09.26a
> head: 1a8eee1cc5b0e59c17f5d94c5871e6c70c4a43a1
> commit: e9bed2a1239b017d78cec5de66adce0560f6d077 [17/18] kvfree_rcu(): Switch to kmalloc() and kfree() for allocations
> :::::: branch date: 4 hours ago
> :::::: commit date: 15 hours ago
>
> tree.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3165,8 +3165,7 @@ static void kfree_rcu_work(struct work_s
> bkvhead[i] = NULL;
> krc_this_cpu_unlock(krcp, flags);
>
> - if (bkvhead[i])
> - kfree(bkvhead[i]);
> + kfree(bkvhead[i]);
>

Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,

- Joel

> cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
> }