On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 10:20:34AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:10:33 +0200
>
> A dput(child) call was immediately used after an error pointer check
> for a d_splice_alias() call in this function implementation.
> Thus call such a function instead directly before the check.
This message reads funny, please re-write for your v2. Here is how I would write
it.
"
Replace two dput(child) calls with one that occurs immediately before the IS_ERR
evaluation. This is ok because dput gets called regardless of the value returned
by IS_ERR(res).
"
>
> This issue was transformed by using the Coccinelle software.
How long is the coccinelle script? If it is a reasonable size, can you please
append it to the commit message. If in doubt of what "reasonable" means, just
share it to the list before doing your V2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index d11ebc055ce0..97547de58218 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -698,11 +698,11 @@ static bool proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *file,
> res = d_splice_alias(inode, child);
> d_lookup_done(child);
> if (unlikely(res)) {
> - if (IS_ERR(res)) {
> - dput(child);
> - return false;
> - }
> dput(child);
> +
> + if (IS_ERR(res))
> + return false;
> +
> child = res;
> }
> }
> --
> 2.46.1
>
--
Joel Granados
