Re: [PATCH] smb/client: remove redundant NULL check before kfree()

Hi Namjae,

I copied the Fixes, Reported-by, and Closes tags from the kernel test
robot report when sending the patch.

> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   3eb40771c00a8488fa6ed2cc1fe203477908bf38
> commit: 5693347de107a26f68d1f43b25ff2e348c7229a9 smb/client: use writable handle for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS compression
> date:   9 weeks ago
> config: powerpc-randconfig-r053-20260812 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260816/[email protected]/config)
> compiler: clang version 24.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 12df34b8469b8095359de8c249cb1b2753fadeea)
> 
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Fixes: 5693347de107 ("smb/client: use writable handle for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS compression")
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
> 
> cocci warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>>> fs/smb/client/ioctl.c:135:2-7: WARNING: NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.

But chenxiaosong suggested that the Fixes tag may not be necessary 
because this is only a Coccinelle cleanup with no functional change. I
am not sure which convention is preferred here, so please feel free to
drop the Fixes tag when applying the patch.

Thanks,
Huiwen


在 2026/8/17 14:42, Namjae Jeon 写道:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM Huiwen He <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Huiwen He <[email protected]>
>>
>> kfree() accepts NULL pointers, so checking tmp_cfile before freeing it
>> is unnecessary and triggers a Coccinelle warning.
>>
>> Remove the redundant check. This does not change runtime behavior.
>>
>> Fixes: 5693347de107 ("smb/client: use writable handle for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS compression")
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
>> Signed-off-by: Huiwen He <[email protected]>
> Applied it to #for-next.
> Thanks!