WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required #87: FILE: net/atm/lec.c:1279: + if (vpriv) { + kfree(vpriv); total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 39 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. Commit b997f3125e95 ("atm: lec: fix null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs") has style problems, please review. NOTE: Ignored message types: ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK CAMELCASE COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE FILE_PATH_CHANGES GIT_COMMIT_ID MACRO_ARG_REUSE NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 39 lines checked