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Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"

From Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "vfree"
Date 2016-07-22 17:30 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:31:00 +0200
>
> The vfree() function performs also input parameter validation.
> Thus the test around the call is not needed.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Applied to drm-misc

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> index 1a1a87c..dc5beff 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
> @@ -3625,9 +3625,7 @@ static int vmw_resize_cmd_bounce(struct vmw_sw_context *sw_context,
>                                    (sw_context->cmd_bounce_size >> 1));
>         }
>
> -       if (sw_context->cmd_bounce != NULL)
> -               vfree(sw_context->cmd_bounce);
> -
> +       vfree(sw_context->cmd_bounce);
>         sw_context->cmd_bounce = vmalloc(sw_context->cmd_bounce_size);
>
>         if (sw_context->cmd_bounce == NULL) {
> --
> 2.9.2
>
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[PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Delete an unnecessary check before the function  call "vfree" SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-22 13:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Delete an unnecessary check before the  function call "vfree" Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org> - 2016-07-22 17:30 +0200

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