Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2012, 23:12:58 schrieb Emil Goode: > The error variable should be assigned the value of -ENOMEM > after the NULL check and not before. > > Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/gfs2/acl.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c > index 230eb0f..90f6328 100644 > --- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c > +++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c > @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr) > > len = posix_acl_to_xattr(acl, NULL, 0); > data = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS); > - error = -ENOMEM; > if (data == NULL) > + error = -ENOMEM; > goto out; Hint: read about the syntax of the if statement. Secondly, consider how the compiler can optimize the original. Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
