# \[PATCH\] zram: fix NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed

- Subsystems: BLOCK LAYER, THE REST, ZRAM COMPRESSED RAM BLOCK DEVICE DRVIER
- Maintainers: Jens Axboe, Linus Torvalds, Minchan Kim, Sergey Senozhatsky
- List: linux-block
- 3 messages, 3 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/01/6400534/t

## \[PATCH\] zram: fix NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed

- From: Tian Tao \<tiantao6@hisilicon.com\>
- Date: 2021-01-26 19:54:08 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/01/6400534.md

```text
fixed the below warning:
/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:534:2-8: WARNING: NULL check
before some freeing functions is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>
---
 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index e2933cb..92739b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -530,8 +530,7 @@ static ssize_t backing_dev_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	return len;
 out:
-	if (bitmap)
-		kvfree(bitmap);
+	kvfree(bitmap);
 
 	if (bdev)
 		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXCL);
-- 
2.7.4

```

## Re: \[PATCH\] zram: fix NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed

- From: Minchan Kim \<minchan@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-01-25 20:11:20 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/01/6400485.md

```text
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:13:01PM +0800, Tian Tao wrote:
> fixed the below warning:
> /drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:534:2-8: WARNING: NULL check
> before some freeing functions is not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>

Thanks.
```

## Re: \[PATCH\] zram: fix NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed

- From: Jens Axboe \<axboe@kernel.dk\>
- Date: 2021-01-26 22:08:48 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/01/6400541.md

```text
On 1/25/21 1:13 AM, Tian Tao wrote:
> fixed the below warning:
> /drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:534:2-8: WARNING: NULL check
> before some freeing functions is not needed.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

```
