Re: [PATCH] btrfs/volumes: Improve unlocking of a mutex in __btrfs_balance()

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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.
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