On Fri, 21 Jul 2017, walter harms wrote:
>
>
> Am 20.07.2017 18:56, schrieb Dave Jiang:
> >
> >
> > On 07/20/2017 12:24 AM, walter harms wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Am 20.07.2017 00:16, schrieb Christophe JAILLET:
> >>> If the 'memcmp' fails, free allocated resources as done in all other
> >>> error handling paths.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> Please review carefully, this patch looks "too obvious" to me!
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/dma/ioat/init.c | 2 +-
> >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c
> >>> index ed8ed1192775..948fc1f8fb5c 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/init.c
> >>> @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int ioat_dma_self_test(struct ioatdma_device *ioat_dma)
> >>> if (memcmp(src, dest, IOAT_TEST_SIZE)) {
> >>> dev_err(dev, "Self-test copy failed compare, disabling\n");
> >>> err = -ENODEV;
> >>> - goto free_resources;
> >>> + goto unmap_dma;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> unmap_dma:
> >>
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^
> >>
> >>
> >> is the goto needed at all ?
> >
> > It's not. However, it may be better to stay there if we happen to add
> > additional code after the if block later on and guard against mistakes.
> > At least IMO.
> >
>
> If you are happy with that ... its not a big problem. The compiler will
> eat that goto anyway but it is unusual so be prepared that other people
> may send patches.
I agree with Walter.
julia
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