From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:50:31 +0100 Return directly after a call of the function "kmalloc" failed here. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c index 463551589b97..68b970bcf2fc 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c @@ -762,10 +762,8 @@ static ssize_t dev_nvram_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, count = min(count, PAGE_SIZE); tmp = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!tmp) { - ret = -ENOMEM; - goto out; - } + if (!tmp) + return -ENOMEM; ret = ppc_md.nvram_read(tmp, count, ppos); if (ret <= 0) -- 2.11.0 -- 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