Hi,

On 12-08-16 16:09, walter harms wrote:


Am 12.08.2016 12:11, schrieb Hans de Goede:
Hi,

On 28-07-16 19:31, walter harms wrote:

janitorial patch: remove some unneeded if() before free()

This is not free() but Xfree() and "man Xfree" states:

"A NULL pointer cannot be passed to this function."


this is wrong.

Xfree is a define for free()
Xlibint.h:#define Xfree(ptr) free((ptr))

Ah, yes then the man-page is wrong, my bad.

more over the general use is this way.

I will post a patch for the man-page.

do you thing this is understandable ?

Maybe explicitly state that passing NULL
is allowed and will do nothing ?

e.g. man 3 free has:

"If ptr is NULL, no operation is performed."

Regards,

Hans




--- a/man/XFree.man
+++ b/man/XFree.man
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Specifies the data that are to be freed.
 The
 .ZN XFree
 function is a general-purpose Xlib routine that frees the specified data.
-You must use it to free any objects that were allocated by Xlib,
-unless an alternate function is explicitly specified for the object.
-A NULL pointer cannot be passed to this function.
+It is a alternativ for free(3). You should use it to free any objects that
+were allocated by Xlib, unless an alternate function is explicitly specified
+for the object.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 \fI\*(xL\fP



Regards,

Hans




---
 src/XrrScreen.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/XrrScreen.c b/src/XrrScreen.c
index f29071c..b8ce7e5 100644
--- a/src/XrrScreen.c
+++ b/src/XrrScreen.c
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ doGetScreenResources (Display *dpy, Window window,
int poll)
     xrsr = (XRRScreenResources *) Xmalloc(rbytes);
     wire_names = (char *) Xmalloc (rep.nbytesNames);
     if (xrsr == NULL || wire_names == NULL) {
-    if (xrsr) Xfree (xrsr);
-    if (wire_names) Xfree (wire_names);
+    Xfree (xrsr);
+    Xfree (wire_names);
     _XEatDataWords (dpy, rep.length);
     UnlockDisplay (dpy);
     SyncHandle ();

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