On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:41:20 +0200
Lino Sanfilippo <[email protected]> wrote:

> In function map_array_register() properly rewind in case of error.
> Furthermore save an extra label by using a break instead of goto to leave
> the concerning loop.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <[email protected]>

Good spot. I'd rather we went with a different code flow though.
See below.

Thanks,

Jonathan


> ---
>  drivers/iio/inkern.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> index 5a8351c..0735cc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int iio_map_array_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, 
> struct iio_map *maps)
>  {
>       int i = 0, ret = 0;
>       struct iio_map_internal *mapi;
> +     struct list_head *pos, *tmp;
> 
>       if (maps == NULL)
>               return 0;
> @@ -37,14 +38,22 @@ int iio_map_array_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, 
> struct iio_map *maps)
>               mapi = kzalloc(sizeof(*mapi), GFP_KERNEL);
>               if (mapi == NULL) {
>                       ret = -ENOMEM;
> -                     goto error_ret;
> +                     break;
>               }
>               mapi->map = &maps[i];
>               mapi->indio_dev = indio_dev;
>               list_add_tail(&mapi->l, &iio_map_list);
>               i++;
>       }
> -error_ret:
> +
Please do this as a a separate error path rather than having
it as non trivial unwinding in the main code flow.

i.e. goto error_ret, but handle that path separately after
the return below.

> +     if (ret) { /* undo */
> +             while (i--) {
> +                     mapi = list_last_entry(&iio_map_list,
> +                                            struct iio_map_internal, l);
> +                     list_del(&mapi->l);
> +                     kfree(mapi);
> +             }
> +     }
>       mutex_unlock(&iio_map_list_lock);
> 
>       return ret;
> --
> 2.7.4
> 

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