[PATCH] cfg80211: delete redundant free code

Subsystems: 802.11 (including cfg80211/nl80211), the rest

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Landed in mainline as 3536672bbdc2 on 2021-11-26.

2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-11-15 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] cfg80211: delete redundant free code

From: liuguoqiang <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-15 09:26:00

When kzalloc failed and rdev->sacn_req or rdev->scan_msg is null, pass a
null pointer to kfree is redundant, delete it and return directly.

Signed-off-by: liuguoqiang <redacted>
---
 net/wireless/scan.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 22e92be61938..011fcfabc846 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -2702,10 +2702,8 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (IS_ERR(rdev))
 		return PTR_ERR(rdev);
 
-	if (rdev->scan_req || rdev->scan_msg) {
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (rdev->scan_req || rdev->scan_msg)
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	wiphy = &rdev->wiphy;
 
@@ -2718,10 +2716,8 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
 	creq = kzalloc(sizeof(*creq) + sizeof(struct cfg80211_ssid) +
 		       n_channels * sizeof(void *),
 		       GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!creq) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!creq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	creq->wiphy = wiphy;
 	creq->wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
-- 
2.20.1


Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: delete redundant free code

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: 2021-11-15 09:25:00

On Mon, 2021-11-15 at 17:21 +0800, liuguoqiang wrote:
When kzalloc failed and rdev->sacn_req or rdev->scan_msg is null, pass a
null pointer to kfree is redundant, delete it and return directly.
Arguably then we should not set creq=NULL at the beginning?

johannes
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