Re: [PATCH] x86: kvm: remove NULL check before kfree

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> kfree can handle NULL pointer as its argument.
> According to coccinelle isnullfree check, remove NULL check
> before kfree operation.
>
> Signed-off-by: mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 1a3658f7e6d9..d4e48b4a438b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wake(u32 token)
>  	raw_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
>  
>  	/* A dummy token might be allocated and ultimately not used.  */
> -	if (dummy)
> -		kfree(dummy);
> +	kfree(dummy);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_async_pf_task_wake);

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Vitaly