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Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:18:26 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>,
        mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@gmail.com>,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver: r8188eu: remove NULL check before vfree
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 05:03:30PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> From: mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@gmail.com>
> 
> vfree can handle NULL pointer as its argument.
> According to coccinelle isnullfree check, remove NULL check
> before vfree operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index 68869c5daeff..bd1c8b4b5c4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_usb_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj,
>  free_adapter:
>  	if (pnetdev)
>  		rtw_free_netdev(pnetdev);
> -	else if (padapter)
> -		vfree(padapter);
> +	vfree(padapter);

You changed the logic of this code here, please be more careful in the
future.

Also, you need to use your real name for the signed-off-by and From:
line.

thanks,

greg k-h