At 2022-05-11 16:28:26, "Vincent MAILHOL" <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Wed. 11 May 2022 at 16:11, z <zhaojunkui2008@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> At 2022-05-11 14:44:50, "Marc Kleine-Budde" <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >On 10.05.2022 23:38:38, Bernard Zhao wrote: >> >> The variable fi and bi only used in branch if (!dev->prev_siblings) >> >> , fi & bi not kmalloc in else branch, so move kfree into branch >> >> if (!dev->prev_siblings),this change is to cleanup the code a bit. >> > >> >Please move the variable declaration into that scope, too. Adjust the >> >error handling accordingly. >> >> Hi Marc: >> >> I am not sure if there is some gap. >> If we move the variable declaration into that scope, then each error branch has to do the kfree job, like: >> if (err) { >> dev_err(dev->netdev->dev.parent, >> "unable to read %s firmware info (err %d)\n", >> pcan_usb_pro.name, err); >> kfree(bi); >> kfree(fi); >> kfree(usb_if); >> >> return err; >> } >> I am not sure if this looks a little less clear? >> Thanks! > >A cleaner way would be to move all the content of the if >(!dev->prev_siblings) to a new function. Hi Vincent Mailhol: Got it. This seems to be a good idea, i would resubmit one patch V2. Thanks! BR//Bernard > >Yours sincerely, >Vincent Mailhol