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SubjectRe: USB: serial: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "release_firmware"
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 06:59:00PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
> > >> index ab1d690..3653ec1 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
> > >> @@ -1101,8 +1101,7 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
> > >> */
> > >> usb_set_serial_data(serial, (void *)id->driver_info);
> > >> out:
> > >> - if (fw_p)
> > >> - release_firmware(fw_p);
> > >> + release_firmware(fw_p);
> > >
> > > I think that the if should stay.
> >
> > I have got an other opinion.
> >
> >
> > > There were two cases on the allocation, so there should be two cases
> > > on the release.
> >
> > I find that this implementation detail does not really matter for the
> > necessity of a null pointer check directly before such a function call.
>
> Conceptually, if it is clear 10 lines above that nothing was allocated,
> and there is a fallback to existing data (according to the comment above)
> it is strange to be releasing something.

I agree with Julia here and will not apply this one.

Thanks,
Johan


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