[Libvir] Re: unnecessary "if-before-free" tests

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Jan 21 17:57:52 UTC 2008


On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 06:53:52PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> I noticed a few new unnecessary "if-before-free" tests:
> 
>   src/storage_backend.c:2591: if (groups[j]) free(groups[j]);
>   src/storage_backend_iscsi.c:    if (devpath) free(devpath);
>   src/storage_backend_iscsi.c:    if (portal) free(portal);
>   src/storage_backend_iscsi.c:    if (session) free(session);

There's a hell of alot more than those 4 in the storage code - most are 
2-liners. I'll kill them all off.

> If no one objects, I'm going to remove them
> and add a build-time test to ensure they stay gone.

Fine with me.

Dan.
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