(2014/11/16 21:34), SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:20:31 +0100 > > The module_put() function tests whether its argument is NULL and then > returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> > --- > kernel/kprobes.c | 3 +-- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c > index 3995f54..f1e7d45 100644 > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c > @@ -1527,8 +1527,7 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) > out: > mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex); > > - if (probed_mod) > - module_put(probed_mod); > + module_put(probed_mod);
This is OK, but I you request a comment line over there so that code reader can understand it is safe to pass a NULL pointer to module_put(). # and of course don't touch jump label around that :) Thank you, > > return ret; > } > -- Masami HIRAMATSU Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory E-mail: masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com -- 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/
