[PATCH v2 02/83] devtools/cocci: add script to fix unnecessary null checks

[Thomas Monjalon]

24/01/2022 18:45, Stephen Hemminger:
> This script is based on the idea of the nullfree script
> in the Linux kernel. It finds cases where a check for null
> pointer is done, but is unnecessary because the function
> already handles NULL pointer.
> 
> Basic example:
>        if (x->buf)
>            rte_free(x->buf);
> can be reduced to:
>        rte_free(x->buf);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>

Good to have, thank you.