From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> reduce the number of returns in there - turn all places where it returns zero into goto OK and places where it returns non-zero into goto Err. The only non-trivial detail is that all breaks in the loop are guaranteed to be with non-zero err. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 9cef3c0..6d79e00 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) while (*name=='/') name++; if (!*name) - return 0; + goto OK; /* At this point we know we have a real path component. */ for(;;) { @@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) name += hashlen_len(hash_len); if (!*name) - return 0; + goto OK; /* * If it wasn't NUL, we know it was '/'. Skip that * slash, and continue until no more slashes. @@ -1825,12 +1825,12 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) name++; } while (unlikely(*name == '/')); if (!*name) - return 0; + goto OK; err = walk_component(nd, &next, LOOKUP_FOLLOW); Walked: if (err < 0) - return err; + goto Err; if (err) { struct path link; @@ -1840,7 +1840,8 @@ Walked: if (unlikely(nd->link_count >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS)) { path_put_conditional(&next, nd); path_put(&nd->path); - return -ELOOP; + err = -ELOOP; + goto Err; } BUG_ON(nd->depth >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS); @@ -1854,7 +1855,7 @@ Walked: err = PTR_ERR(s); nd->link_count--; nd->depth--; - return err; + goto Err; } err = 0; if (unlikely(!s)) { @@ -1877,7 +1878,7 @@ Walked: put_link(nd, &link, cookie); nd->link_count--; nd->depth--; - return err; + goto Err; } else { err = walk_component(nd, &next, LOOKUP_FOLLOW); put_link(nd, &link, cookie); @@ -1893,7 +1894,10 @@ Walked: } } terminate_walk(nd); +Err: return err; +OK: + return 0; } static int path_init(int dfd, const struct filename *name, unsigned int flags, -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html