Am 10.02.2017 22:18, schrieb Christophe JAILLET: > Reorder code to avoid allocating and then freeing some memory in an error > handling path. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/overlayfs/namei.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c > index 023bb0b03352..ba80ebb8a104 100644 > --- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c > @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ static int ovl_check_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_lookup_data *d, > return 0; > goto fail; > } > + if (res == 0) > + goto invalid; > + perhaps: if (res == -ENODATA || res == -EOPNOTSUPP) return 0; if (ret < 0) goto fail; if (ret == 0) goto invalid; I think its better to read, i guess the author also as we can find this pattern after the other vfs_getxattr() also. re, wh > buf = kzalloc(prelen + res + strlen(post) + 1, GFP_TEMPORARY); > if (!buf) > return -ENOMEM; > > - if (res == 0) > - goto invalid; > - > res = vfs_getxattr(dentry, OVL_XATTR_REDIRECT, buf, res); > if (res < 0) > goto fail; -- 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