Re: [PATCH] net/socket.c : remove redundant NULL pointer check before kf

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Re: [PATCH] net/socket.c : remove redundant NULL pointer check before kf

To:	Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] net/socket.c : remove redundant NULL pointer check before kfree()
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:47:50 -0800
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:34:05 +0100 (CET)
Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx> wrote:

> kfree() handles NULL pointers just fine, checking first is pointless.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Jesper.

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