If the first goto is taken, 'fd' is not opened yet (and is un-initialized). So a direct return is safer. Fixes: c1a31a2f7a9c ("cgroup: fix racy check in alloc_pagecache_max_30M() helper function") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c index c3d0d5f7b19c..8833359556f3 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static int alloc_pagecache_max_30M(const char *cgroup, void *arg) high = cg_read_long(cgroup, "memory.high"); max = cg_read_long(cgroup, "memory.max"); if (high != MB(30) && max != MB(30)) - goto cleanup; + return -1; fd = get_temp_fd(); if (fd < 0) -- 2.34.1