Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Fabio M. De Francesco" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove goto to no-op exit label | Date | Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:22:23 +0200 |
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On sabato 2 aprile 2022 13:45:33 CEST Martin Kaiser wrote: > Thus wrote Fabio M. De Francesco (fmdefrancesco@gmail.com): > > > > > pnpi = netdev_priv(netdev); > > > > > if (!pnpi->priv) > > > > - goto RETURN; > > > > + return; > > > I cannot see how pnpi->priv might ever be NULL. > > Even if pnpi->priv was NULL, we wouldn't need the check. It's ok to call > vfree(NULL). > > > After the two removals I've talked about above, the code will always call > > vfree(pnpi->priv) and then free_netdev(netdev). > > That makes sense. > > Best regards, > Martin > Hi Martin,
Thanks for reminding to me that a vfree() on a NULL pointer is a no-op. I'm going to submit a new patch with the purpose to re-work rtw_free_netdev().
Thanks again,
Fabio
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