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SubjectRe: [PATCH] if (foo) kfree(foo) /fs cleanup
Alan Cox wrote:
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> IMHO this is precisely the wrong thing to do.
>
> We should make the = NULL check within kfree do a BUG() call. That way we
> fix the cases not being considered instead of hiding real bugs

I actually agree with the general sentiment, but,

Then you have to fix all the code which has assumed such, breaking
previously-correct code. bcrl (IIRC) was the one who told me about
kfree doing the NULL check; likewise akpm for brelse. So people are
using these things.

Do you really want to audit every single kfree and brelse to implement
this change?

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