| Submitter | Sachin Kamat |
|---|---|
| Date | Nov. 20, 2012, 10:57 a.m. |
| Message ID | <1353409024-28853-1-git-send-email-sachin.kamat@linaro.org> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/200294/ |
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
Comments
From: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:27:04 +0530 > kfree on a null pointer is a no-op. > > Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Patch
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 83232a1..c380913 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1075,10 +1075,8 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len) return -EINVAL; if (!len) { - if (dev->ifalias) { - kfree(dev->ifalias); - dev->ifalias = NULL; - } + kfree(dev->ifalias); + dev->ifalias = NULL; return 0; }
kfree on a null pointer is a no-op. Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org> --- net/core/dev.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)