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net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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.

Started bykbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
First post2017-02-23 13:50 +0100
Last post2017-02-24 17:20 +0100
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  net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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. kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> - 2017-02-23 13:50 +0100
    [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> - 2017-02-23 13:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com> - 2017-02-23 17:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-24 17:20 +0100

#1586863 — net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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.

Fromkbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date2017-02-23 13:50 +0100
Subjectnet/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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.
Message-ID<te10m-1jJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   bc49a7831b1137ce1c2dda1c57e3631655f5d2ae
commit: be2f76eacc278c272f26d46e4168efe5a55f5383 RDS: IB: Add vector spreading for cqs
date:   7 weeks ago


coccinelle warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

>> net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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.

Please review and possibly fold the followup patch.

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#1586867 — [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings

Fromkbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date2017-02-23 13:50 +0100
Subject[PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings
Message-ID<te10m-1jJ-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1586863
net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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

Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
---

 ib.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/rds/ib.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static void rds_ib_dev_free(struct work_
 		kfree(i_ipaddr);
 	}
 
-	if (rds_ibdev->vector_load)
-		kfree(rds_ibdev->vector_load);
+	kfree(rds_ibdev->vector_load);
 
 	kfree(rds_ibdev);
 }

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#1587002 — Re: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings

FromSantosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>
Date2017-02-23 17:40 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings
Message-ID<te4AV-3Pf-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1586867
On 2/23/2017 4:47 AM, kbuild test robot wrote:
> net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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
>
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>

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#1587750 — Re: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings

FromDavid Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date2017-02-24 17:20 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH] RDS: IB: fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings
Message-ID<teqL7-2Ds-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1586867
From: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:47:01 +0800

> net/rds/ib.c:115:2-7: 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
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>

Applied.

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