Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932181AbaKPN3U (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:29:20 -0500 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:20992 "EHLO mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750857AbaKPN3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:29:19 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,397,1413237600"; d="scan'208";a="107348452" Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:29:02 +0100 (CET) From: Julia Lawall X-X-Sender: jll@hadrien To: SF Markus Elfring cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli , Anil S Keshavamurthy , "David S. Miller" , Masami Hiramatsu , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Coccinelle Subject: Re: [Cocci] [PATCH 1/1] kprobes: Deletion of an unnecessary check before the function call "module_put" In-Reply-To: <546899CF.8020808@users.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: References: <5307CAA2.8060406@users.sourceforge.net> <530A086E.8010901@users.sourceforge.net> <530A72AA.3000601@users.sourceforge.net> <530B5FB6.6010207@users.sourceforge.net> <530C5E18.1020800@users.sourceforge.net> <530CD2C4.4050903@users.sourceforge.net> <530CF8FF.8080600@users.sourceforge.net> <530DD06F.4090703@users.sourceforge.net> <5317A59D.4@users.sourceforge.net> <546899CF.8020808@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring > 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 > --- > 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); There is an out label, so please check whether the labels could not be better positioned to avoid calling module_put when it is not needed. julia > > return ret; > } > -- > 2.1.3 > > > _______________________________________________ > Cocci mailing list > Cocci@systeme.lip6.fr > https://systeme.lip6.fr/mailman/listinfo/cocci > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/