alloc_bootmem and related functions never return NULL. Thus a NULL test or memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary.
The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used for making the change: @@ expression E; statement S; @@ E = \(alloc_bootmem\|alloc_bootmem_low\|alloc_bootmem_pages\|alloc_bootmem_low_pages\)(...) ... when != E - if (E == NULL) S Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi...@gmail.com> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr> --- arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c index 7d26d9c..f70dd54 100644 --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c @@ -659,10 +659,6 @@ static int __init eth_setup(char *str) } new = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*new)); - if (new == NULL) { - printk(KERN_ERR "eth_init : alloc_bootmem failed\n"); - return 1; - } INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->list); new->index = n; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/