gpu: host1x: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

[PATCH] gpu: host1x: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

Posted by zys.zljxml@gmail.com 2 years, 9 months ago

From: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@tencent.com>

Fix the following coccicheck warning:
./drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c:97:2-7: WARNING:
NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@tencent.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
index ecab72882192..05b36bfc8b74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static void host1x_syncpt_fence_release(struct dma_fence *f)
 {
 	struct host1x_syncpt_fence *sf = to_host1x_fence(f);
 
-	if (sf->waiter)
-		kfree(sf->waiter);
+	kfree(sf->waiter);
 
 	dma_fence_free(f);
 }
-- 
2.27.0

Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: Remove redundant null checks before kfree

Posted by Mikko Perttunen 2 years, 9 months ago

On 12/1/22 03:55, zys.zljxml@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@tencent.com>
> 
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
> ./drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c:97:2-7: WARNING:
> NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@tencent.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c | 3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
> index ecab72882192..05b36bfc8b74 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/fence.c
> @@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static void host1x_syncpt_fence_release(struct dma_fence *f)
>   {
>   	struct host1x_syncpt_fence *sf = to_host1x_fence(f);
>   
> -	if (sf->waiter)
> -		kfree(sf->waiter);
> +	kfree(sf->waiter);
>   
>   	dma_fence_free(f);
>   }

I disagree with this coccinelle rule; I think it obfuscates from the 
reader the fact that the pointer could be NULL.

Mikko