Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) This part is just garbage.
I've pulled it, but I don't see why (and how) this kind of garbage got reviewed and acked by multiple people.
reviewed and acked by multiple people.
Both vfree and kfree are perfectly happy with NULL pointers, and there doesn't seem to be any structural reason to have the test. This is just garbage and generates less legible code.
less legible code.
Linus
Linus
Linus
I've pulled it, but I don't see why (and how) this kind of garbage got reviewed and acked by multiple people.
reviewed and acked by multiple people.
Both vfree and kfree are perfectly happy with NULL pointers, and there doesn't seem to be any structural reason to have the test. This is just garbage and generates less legible code.
less legible code.
Linus
Linus
Linus