>> One thing though, we are "releasing" the memory even if we have skipped the
>> allocation in the first place. So, I think it would make sense to release 
>> only
>> for the types we have actually allocated. What do you think?
> 
> I noticed this too, specifically because move_module() is inconsistent
> in this regard with free_mod_mem(). The latter function contains:
> 
> if (mod_mem->size)
>       module_memory_free(mod, type);
> 
> However, my preference is actually to update free_mod_mem() and remove
> the check. The function module_memory_free() should be a no-op if
> mod->base is NULL, similarly to how calling free(NULL) is a no-op.
> 

Sound good to me. Perhaps a different patch type for cleanup/refactor. The fix
here would be back-ported to stable branches. So these are 2 different things.

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