> I think using goto is really much better than freeing after every error. Thanks for your positive feedback. > I will send a new version if others also agree with this pattern. * The error handling pattern would be supported by the Linux coding style. The agreement on corresponding changes can occasionally become more challenging. * I would interpret Dan Carpenter's review comment (from 2017-09-19) in the way that he should be mentioned by the tag “Reported-by” in a subsequent patch. https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/19/115 Regards, Markus
