On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 09:04:37AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > > * Adjust jump targets so that a call of the function "mutex_unlock" > can be better reused for error cases at the end of this function. > > * Replace three calls by goto statements. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > @@ -3682,7 +3678,7 @@ static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info) > counting = false; > goto again; > } > -error: > +free_path: > btrfs_free_path(path); > if (enospc_errors) { > btrfs_info(fs_info, "%d enospc errors during balance", > @@ -3692,6 +3688,10 @@ static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info) > } > > return ret; > + > +unlock: > + mutex_unlock(&fs_info->delete_unused_bgs_mutex); > + goto free_path; > } This is also an anti-pattern, the label followed by a goto jumping back to the exit/cleanup block, right at the end of a function. I've sent some patches in the past to clean that up and don't want to reintroduce it.